With 80 COVID-19 positive cases, State’s virus-infected now 1269

Bhubaneswar:23/5/20: With 80 COVID–19 positive cases, State’s virus-infected now 1269, out of 80 new cases,  71 were lodged in different temporary medical camps (TMCs) following their return from various states post the lockdown while two were under home quarantine

.However, remaining seven patients were local contacts, including three each from Ganjam and Gajapati and one each from Jharsuguda and Malkangiri.

The 80 fresh cases reported today are from Ganjam (19), Jajpur (14), Balasore (3), Puri (17), Cuttack (1), Sundargarh (5), Nayagarh (5), Balangir (1), Malkangiri (5), Kandhamal (2), Jharsuguda (3), Gajapati (4) and  Nabarangpur (1).out of 80 new cases

Here’re the case details:  

Surat returnees

Nayagarh: 2

Balasore: 3

Ganjam : 15

Gujarat returnees 

Puri: 11

Cuttack: 1

Jajpur: 1

West Bengal returnees

Puri : 4

Nayagarh: 1

Jajpur: 8

Maharashtra  returnee

Gajapati : 1

Ganjam: 1

Sundergarh: 5

Jharsuguda: 1

Andhra Pradesh returnees  

Puri: 1

Jajpur: 5

Nabarangpur: 1

Tamil Nadu returnees  

Puri: 1

Malkangiri: 3

Telengana returnees 

 Nayagarh: 2

Kandhamal: 2

Malkangiri: 1

Balangir: 1

Uttar Pradesh returnees 

Jharsuguda: 1

Home quarantine  & local contacts

Ganjam; 3

Gajapati : 3

Jharsuguda: 1

Malkangiri: 1.

Worth mentioning, the deadly virus has spread to two new districts in Odisha after Nabarangpur and Gajapati reported 1 and 4 maiden cases, respectively. With this, now 26 out of total 30 districts have COVID-19 positive cases. Currently, the total number of active cases in the state stands at 826. While  436 patients have recovered, 7 patients died of the deadly virus so far.