Bhubaneswar:
Ninety-six more people tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha on Saturday, taking the state’s tally to 1,819, a health department official said.
A total of 73 people were discharged from different COVID hospitals as they recovered from the disease. The total number of recoveries now stands at 1,050, the official said.
There are 760 active COVID-19 cases in the state and seven people have died due to the disease till Saturday evening, according to the official.
The fresh cases were reported from 18 districts. The patients had returned from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Gujarat, Telangana and Rajasthan, an official of the information and public relations department said.
One person hailing from Cuttack district had returned from Abu Dhabi and Dubai, the official said, adding that all the new cases were in quarantine centres.
Of the new cases, 10 each were reported from Kendrapara and Gajapati districts; nine from Khurda; seven each from Bhadrak, Bolangir and Sundergarh; six each from Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Ganjam and Jajpur; five from Kalahandi; four each from Deogarh, Nuapada and Balasore; two from Dhenkanal; and one each from Puri, Nayagarh and Keonjhar.
The official said 28 patients from Boudh district were cured of the disease, followed by 11 in Puri, 10 in Kendrapara, nine in Cuttack, seven in Khurda, two each in Malkangiri and Angul, and one each from Ganjam, Balasore, Jajpur and Kandhamal.
The state has so far tested 1,47,490 samples, of which 3,920 were tested on Friday, he said, adding that Odisha has created 16,648 temporary medical centres/camps (TMC) in 6,798 gram panchayats.
Those returning to Odisha from different states and countries are put in quarantine in such TMCs with 7,40,688 beds to provide COVID-19 health services in rural areas. Besides, there are 1,163 persons under isolation in hospitals, the official said.
The districts which have reported more than 100 COVID-19 cases are Ganjam (404), Jajpur (259), Balasore (146), Khurda (122) and Bhadrak (131).
