Balasore: An Under Graduate hostel of Fakir Mohan Medical College and Hospital in the district was declared a containment zone on Tuesday after 15 students tested positive for COVID-19.
The containment will remain effective for a week, stated sources. According to reports, the infected students have been kept under isolation and necessary medical assistance is being provided to them by the district administration.
Meanwhile, RT-PCR test of the hostel inmates will be conducted and college premises sanitised.
On Tuesday, Odisha reported 7,071 new COVID-19 cases taking the active case load in the state to 27,216. This is the highest single-day spike in coronavirus so far, this year. With the spike, the positivity rate jumped to 10.2 per cent and 707 children were among those found positive in the past 24 hours.
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