Bhubaneswar: The Government of Odisha has categorized 15 districts as falling in the red zone in view of the second wave of COVID-19 cases in the State.
The 15 districts including all the five districts bordering Chhattisgarh such as Sundergarh, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Nuapada, Kalahandi are in the Red Zone.
Khurda and Cuttack are also in the list. Whereas Mayurbhanj, Ganjam and Angul have been added to the first time in the list.
Meanwhile, Puri and Balangir districts are also likely to be listed in the Red Zone soon. Today Odisha has recorded 6599 new positive cases and nine deaths in last 24 hour.