One more Covid positive case detected in Odisha, active tally at 3

Another Covid positive patient was detected in Odisha on Tuesday taking the active patient’s tally to three in the State.

It is pertinent to mention here that all three positive patients have been detected in the last seven days.

Meanwhile, 628 Covid positive patients were detected in the last 24 hours in India taking the total of Covid positive patients to above 4000 in the Country.

One person has reportedly died of Coronavirus in Kerala yesterday.

The Odisha government has already issued an advisory, urging several category of people to use facemasks while going out in view of the emergence of JN.1 variant of Covid-19.

The Health and Family Welfare Department on Saturday informed that elderly people and those with co-morbidities have been advised to use facemask while going out. The information was shared by the Health and Family Welfare Department on its official X (formerly Twitter) handle.

In its tweet, the Health department also advised elderly people and those with co-morbidities to avoid visiting crowded places as well.

With the cases of new JN.1 variant of Covid being reported in several other states in the country, concerns are being expressed over a spike in Covid cases. However, experts say that it is time to remain alert even though the cases with the new JN.1 variant is mild.