Bhubaneswar: In yet another spectacular feat, Odisha has completed over one lakh Covid-19 tests by Monday, according to the Health and Family Welfare Department.
A total of 1,00,302 tests for Covid-19 have been conducted in Odisha, out of which 978 have been tested positive, showed the website of the department.
While five have died, 277 have recovered and the rest 696 are active cases in the State. In a tweet, the Health Department said, “Happy to share that we have achieved the ONE LAKH milestone in COVID 19 testing. 100302 samples tested till yesterday. Congratulations and best wishes to all testing teams.”
Meanwhile, Bhima Bhoi Medical College & Hospital, Balangir has got the approval of AIIMS, Bhubaneswar for COVID-19 testing.
Testing in the state started on March 21st when 60 swab samples were tested out of which two were tested positive for the infectious disease. Now, the number of such tests have reached 1,00,302 of which 978 have been tested positive.