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Bhubaneswar: As many as 53 more COVID-19 patients recovered from the disease on Sunday, taking the total number of recovery cases in Odisha to 550, informed the State Health and Family Welfare Department.
The COVID-19 recovered persons are from Ganjam (30), Jajpur (18), Khurda (3) and Keonjhar (2).
53 #Covid19 patients recover in #Odisha
30 are from Ganjam,
18 from Jajpur,
3 from Khurda
2 from Keonjhar.The total recovered cases in State now stand at 550
(H&FW Dept) pic.twitter.com/afQscKRIv0
— OTV (@otvnews) May 24, 2020
With this, the total recovery cases in Ganjam has reached 233. The district, which has so far reported 349 positive cases (highest positive cases of SARS-nCoV in Odisha), has now 113 active cases.
Jajpur now tops the COVID-19 chart in active cases in the State with 149 active patients.
As many as 61 Covid-19 patients in the State recovered from the disease on Saturday with Ganjam reporting the highest number of recovery cases, 41.
While Balasore and Sundergarh reported 15 and two recoveries respectively, Jajpur, Mayurbhanj and Bhadrak districts reported one recovered case each.
On the other hand, Odisha reported 66 new COVID-19 cases, taking the State’s tally to 1335 on Sunday. Nuapada and Bargarh reported maiden cases (one each) of COVID-19.
Out of the total 66 new COVID-19 cases, 59 were from quarantine centres, 4 from home quarantine and three local cases.
As many as 16 COVID-19 cases were reported from Puri, 13 from Nayagarh, eight from Ganjam, seven from Bolangir, five from Angul, four from Sundergarh, three from Khurda, two each from Kalahandi, Cuttack and Malkangiri, and one case each from Jagatsinghpur (reported yesterday), Dhenkanal, Nuapada and Bargarh.
Ganjam district has so far reported 349 COVID-19 cases, followed by 239 in Jajpur, 128 in Balasore, 98 in Bhadrak, 81 in Puri,77 in Khurda, 59 in Cuttack, 45 in Nayagarh, 40 in Kendrapara, 37 in Sundergarh, 33 in Boudh, 31 in Jagatsinghpur and 24 in Angul.
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