bhopal the madhya pradesh government has offered to provide space to private hospitals to set up their medical facilities in a bid to increase the number of beds for covid19 patients chief minister shivraj singh chouhan said on mondaytalking to reporters chouhan also said the supply of remdevisir injections would be normalised within the next two or three days as the government has started procuring the key antiviral drugthe demand for the drug has gone up in the wake of a surge in covid19 casesthe cm said the viral infection can be controlled if people adopt covidappropriate behaviouri believe that instead of a lockdown in cities people should lock their faces with masks and lock themselves in their homes to control the spread of the viral infection chouhan saidhe said the state has also placed an order for 2000 oxygen concentrators a medical device that filters surrounding air and delivers purified medical grade oxygen for adequate supply of the oxygen to the covid19 patientswe have made an offer to private hospitals that we will provide them space and they should start their own medical set up there chouhan saidsome people have given a positive response and discussions are going on with them he informedwe want to increase the number of beds at any cost chouhan said after planting a sapling at the smart city garden in bhopalto tackle the covid19 situation the state government has placed an order for 2000 oxygen concentrators he saidthe concentrator will also be used along with the oxygen cylinder the government is trying to ensure that there is no shortage of necessary equipment and medicines chouhan saidasked about the board exams of classes 10 and 12 chouhan said the dates for exams conducted by the mp board of secondary education have not yet been announceda decision will be taken after assessing the covid19 situation he said adding that the government will not let the students be affectedon sunday madhya pradesh recorded 5939 fresh coronavirus cases the biggest singleday spike since the pandemic began which pushed the infection count to 338145 officials saidthe fatality count rose to 4184 with 24 more deaths reported on sundaythis month the state has so far recorded 42634 new cases of the viral infection and 198 fatalities as per official data