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Bhubaneswar: Five more people of Odisha tested positive for Covid-19, raising the total number of cases in the state to 108 on Monday, officials said.
All the fresh cases were diagnosed in Balasore district, health and family welfare department said adding that contact tracing and follow-up action have been launched.
#Odisha I&PR department releases details of 5 new #COVID19 positive cases reported from #Balasore #OdishaFightsCorona #Covid_19 pic.twitter.com/psKZf4sH0J
— OTV (@otvnews) April 27, 2020
The total number of Covid-19 patients in Balasore district, bordering West Bengal, has increased to 15. Many of the patients in the district have West Bengal links.
Samples of the new patients were collected during the 60-hour complete shutdown imposed in the district from 10 PM of April 23 to 10 AM of April 26.
Now, the total number of coronavirus positive cases in Odisha has mounted to 108. Seventy-two of the cases are active as 35 people have recovered from the disease. A 72-year-old man from Bhubaneswar died due to the infection on April 6.
Of the total Covid-19 cases reported in the state so far, 46 were detected in Khurda district which includes Bhubaneswar, followed by 18 in Jajpur, 16 in Bhadrak, 15 in Balasore, six in Sundergarh, two each in Kendrapara and Kalahandi districts and one each in Cuttack, Dhenkanal and Puri.
Health & Family Welfare Department shares infographic on #COVID19 status of #Odisha up to 12 AM, April 27 #OdishaFightsCorona #Covid_19 pic.twitter.com/WQsoFJjkYC
— OTV (@otvnews) April 27, 2020
A total of 25,103 samples have been tested till Sunday midnight in eight laboratories of the state, an official said.
Meanwhile, the total number of novel coronavirus cases in India rose to 27,892, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Monday.
In a morning update, the Health Ministry said, of the total cases at least 20,835 are active. A total of 6,184 individuals have been cured and discharged while 872 people lost their lives. One person migrated to other country.
The state of Maharashtra remains the worst hit with 8,068 cases and 342 fatalities, followed by Gujarat with 3301 cases and 151 deaths and Delhi with 2,918 cases and 54 casualties, according to the Health Ministry data.
(PTI)
