16 More Tested Positive for COVID-19 in Odisha, Total Cases Mount to 39
Bhubaneswar: As high as 16 more persons have been tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in the state to 39. All 16 cases are from Bhubaneswar, informed the State Health & Family Welfare Department. About 15 of the new cases detected today belong to Bomikhal, which has been sealed. Cluster [...]
Bhubaneswar: As high as 16 more persons have been tested positive for coronavirus, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in the state to 39.
All 16 cases are from Bhubaneswar, informed the State Health & Family Welfare Department.
About 15 of the new cases detected today belong to Bomikhal, which has been sealed. Cluster containment has been put in place and house to house survey is going on. All suspects and contacts shall be isolated and tested. Citizens are urged not to panic and stay indoors, the Department said.
16 more COVID positive cases confirmed in Bhubaneswar.
— H & FW Dept Odisha (@HFWOdisha) April 5, 2020
Earlier today, two persons were tested positive in Bhubaneswar.
While one was identified from Kapila Prasad Housing Board Colony Phase II, another has been identified from Bomikhal area.He is 29 year old having travel history.
The 70-year-old man from Kapila Prasad Housing Board Colony had recently returned from Australia on March 22.
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