Three More Corona Positive Cases Take Odisha’s Affected Tally To 125, All Kolkata Returnees

Bhubaneswar: Three new corona positive cases were detected in Balasore on Wednesday, taking the affected tally in Odisha to 125.

The I & PR Department in a tweet identified them as three men aged 44, 61 and 63. All of them had returned from West Bengal.

3rd Health Update, 29 April

Three Positive Case in Balasore
44 yr Male, 61 yr Male & 63 yr Male

(All Kolkata returnees. All asymptomatic. All were in quarantine)
Contact tracing and follow-up action is being done.

Total Positive Case: 125

— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) April 29, 2020

“They were asymptomatic and were being kept in quarantine,” the tweet added.

With this, the number of positive cases in Balasore rose to 19.

Earlier in the day, Keonjhar, Jharsuguda and Deogarh had reported their maiden COVID cases.

With 38 having been fully cured and 1 death, Odisha now has 85 active cases.