Bhubaneswar: Nine persons tested positive for COVID-19 Wednesday bringing the total number of infections so far in Odisha to 185, official data suggested. The state also recorded two deaths to the contagion.
According to Information and Public Relations (I&PR) Department of the state government, four of the patients tested positive are from Jagatsinghpur, two of the COVID-19 infected men belong to Jajpur and the others are from Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur and Balasore districts.
While the Ganjam and Jagatsinghpur patients are Surat returnees, the Balasore, Kendrapara and Jajpur patients are West Bengal returnees.
“4th Health Update, 6th May. Four positive cases in Jagatsinghpur. 26 yr Male, 32 yr Male, 30 yr Male & 47 yr Male. (Surat returnees. In quarantine). One positive case in Kendrapara. 60 yr Male – Kolkata returnee. Contact tracing & follow-up action is being done. Total Case: 185,” the I&PR department tweeted.
4th Health Update, 6th May
Four positive cases in Jagatsinghpur
26 yr Male, 32 yr Male, 30 yr Male & 47 yr Male
(Surat returnees. In quarantine)One positive case in Kendrapara
60 yr Male
Kolkata returneeContact tracing & follow-up action is being done.
Total Case: 185
— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) May 6, 2020
3rd Health Update, 6th May
One positive case in Jajpur
57 yr Male(Kolkata returnee. In quarantine)
Contact tracing and follow-up action is being done.Total Positive Case: 180
— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) May 6, 2020
2nd Health Update, 6th May
One positive in Balasore
48 yr MaleOne positive in Jajpur
65 yr Male(West Bengal returnee. In quarantine)
Contact tracing and follow-up action is being done.Total Positive Case: 179
— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) May 6, 2020
First Health Update, 6th May
One positive case in Ganjam
18 yr Male
(Surat returnee)Contact tracing and follow-up action is being done.
Total Positive Case: 177
— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) May 6, 2020
Earlier in the day, the health and family welfare department tweeted that the 77-year-old male COVID positive case from Madhusudan Nagar in Bhubaneswar, who had underlying comorbidities of hypertension, diabetes and kidney disease, expired yesterday at KIMS. This is the second COVID-19 death in the state.
According to state government data as of Wednesday, 185 people have so far been tested positive for COVID-19 in the state out of which 122 cases are active, 61 have recovered and two persons have died.