Three more COVID-19 patients recovered in Odisha; one new positive case detected
Bhubaneswar: Three more COVID-19 patients have been recovered in Odisha , said the State Health department on Saturday.
All of them are the residents of the State Capital, Bhubaneswar, it added.
Three more positive cases of COVID 19 in Odisha, all from Bhubaneswar, have recovered and are being discharged.
With this the total recoveries of the State stand at 24.
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However, one more person tested positive for COVID-19 in the State today.
A 58-year-old man of of Balasore district tested positive for COVID-19 today, said the health department adding that contact tracing of the new Coronavirus positive case and follow up action has been initiated.
Of the total 61 COVID-19 positive cases detected so far, 24 persons have recovered while one person has succumbed to the disease. With this the number of active cases in Odisha stands at 36.
So far, the State has tested a total of 8619 samples and 61 of them had tested positive for coronavirus. A total of 103 persons were under hospital isolation in different COVID-19 designated hospitals, informed the Health Department.
Ms Kalinga
I suggest that Government should conduct Coronavirus test in every ward of Bhubaneswar corporation for at least 10% Of the population of the wards specifically including Sr. Citizens and persons suffering from ailments like Asthma, BP, Heart and Kidney diseases. Thorough Sensitization is to be conducted in highly dense populations areas in Bhubaneswar and sensible Disistrict HQs and other places places.