Among Odisha’s First Two Omicron Cases, Patient Discharged From Hospital In Cuttack

Cuttack: One of the first two COVID-19 patients in Odisha to be detected with the Omicron variant was discharged from a private hospital here after undergoing treatment for 10 days.

The patient, admitted to the Ashwini Hospital here, was discharged after his COVID results came negative twice in 14 hours.

Hospital authorities have advised him home isolation after discharge.

The patient had tested positive for Omicron after returning to the state from Nigeria, becoming the first Omicron case in the state.

Another Omicron patient from the state has also recovered.

“The last four cases were either asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic. One among them has already tested negative. The health condition of the remaining three is stable,” Director, Health Services, Bijay Mohapatra, said on Sunday.