4 More Railway Staff, One Hosp Employee Infected; Bhubaneswar COVID-19 Tally 149

Bhubaneswar: Seven new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in the Odisha capital in the last 24 hours, taking the affected tally in the city to 149.

Among them are four male railway staff aged 30, 31, 34 and 38 with travel history to Delhi, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation said in a tweet.

Two of a family – a 45-year-old woman and a 10-year-old boy – of HB COlony in Dumuduma have also tested positive for the virus. They are contacts of an earlier positive case with travel history to Ganjam.

Besides, a 31-year-old employee of a private hospital in Bhubaneswar has also been infected.

Meanwhile, a 28-year-old man of HB Colony in Chandrashekarpur has been cured.