Two More Test Covid-19 Positive In Odisha, Total Goes Up To 44

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 cases in Odisha rose to 44 on Thursday after detection of two more positive cases. As per the State health & family welfare department, a 51-year-old female in Dhenkanal town has tested positive for the coronavirus.

Today's second case has been admitted to a private hospital in Bhubaneswar. The patient is a 69-year-old male from Medinipur in West Bengal who was brought in ambulance directly from WB. The department said that further details will be released during today's press briefing.

2 new COVID-19 POSITIVE cases confirmed so far today.

1 Dhenkanal town case, female 51 years

1 patient of a Bhubaneswar based private hospital , male 69 years of Medinipur, WB. Brought in ambulance directly from WB. Further details will be released during daily press briefing.

— H & FW Dept Odisha (@HFWOdisha) April 9, 2020

Dhenkanal Collector Bhumesh Chandra Behera this morning informed that 15 persons who had come in contact with a Tablighi Jamaat returnee in the district have tested negative for COVID-19 and now allowed to return to their homes where they will continue their quarantine period.

As on Wednesday, the total number of tests conducted in the State stood at 2841 out of which 42 were confirmed COVID-19 cases; one person has succumbed to the disease while two have been discharged from hospital. Today after detection of two fresh cases, the active COVID-19 cases count stands at 41. On Wednesday, 400 samples were sent for testing (264 to RMRC, 60 to AIIMS and 76 to SCB) and all tested negative for coronavirus.

Bhubaneswar has reported the highest number of COVID-19 cases so far at 35 including the WB Medinipur case, followed by Bhadrak which has recorded 3 cases, and Puri, Cuttack, Kalahandi, Kendrapara, Jajpur and Dhenkanal with one case each.

On the other hand, wearing of masks or face covers while moving out in public has been made compulsory in Odisha from today.

Wearing a mask or face cover now mandatory for people in #Odisha from today. Here's how one should use a mask to stay protected from #COVID19 #OdishaFightsCorona #COVID19Pandemic pic.twitter.com/hykMTS6uqC

— OTV (@otvnews) April 9, 2020