Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government has decided to extend the partial lockdown till July 16 in the State.
Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra made this announcement while addressing the people of the State today.
As many as 20 districts, including Angul, Dhenkanal and Keonjhar, with less than 5 % positivity rate are categorized as Category-A districts and the remaining 10 districts are in Category-B.
The districts, such as Nayagarh, Cuttack, Puri, Cuttack, Khordha, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Bhadrak, Balasore and Mayurbhanj are in Category-B where the positivity rate is above 5 .