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Total number of COVID-19 positive cases in Odisha increased to 39

in State News April 5, 2020 0 226 Views

While the entire country is observing PM Modi’s ‘9 minutes at 9 pm’ call to show solidarity in the nation’s fight against the darkness of Covid-19, Odisha recorded 16 more positive cases of novel-Coronavirus infection.

State Health and Family Welfare department informed that 16 new cases of COVID-19 have been detected in Bhubaneswar which has now become the hotspot of the Coronavirus infection in the entire State. The total number of COVID-19 cases in Odisha has now risen to 39 out of which Bhubaneswar alone accounts for 32 cases.

H & FW Dept Odisha

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  16 more COVID positive cases confirmed in Bhubaneswar.

 

Official sources said out of the 16 new positive cases, 15 persons belong to Bomikhal(Bhubaneswar) area. All suspects and contacts will be isolated and tested. They added the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has already sealed Bomikhal area. This apart, cluster containment has been put in place and house to house survey is going on.

The Health and Family Welfare department urged people not to panic and stay indoors.

Worth mentioning, today alone, 18 COIVD-19 positive cases were detected in the State which is highest in a day so far.

Earlier in the day, one person from Bomikhal and another from Kapila Prasad area of Bhubaneswar tested positive for the virus.

Currently, samples of suspected cases are being tested at RMRC, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar and SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.

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