Corona Cases In Odisha Mount To 161 With Another Bengal Returnee Testing Positive

Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Sunday reported one more COVID-19 case from Balasore, taking the affected tally to 161.

The I & PR department in a tweet identified him as a 34-year-old man, who had recently returned from West Bengal. He was asymptomatic and in quarantine, it added.

2nd Health Update, 3rd May, 2020

One new Case in Balasore
34 yr Male

(West Bengal returnee. Asymptomatic. In quarantine)
Contact tracing and follow-up action is being done.

Total Positive Case: 161

— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) May 3, 2020

The number of COVID-19 cases has now gone up to 21 in Balasore and three among them have recovered from the disease.

With one death and 56 having been fully cured, the state has 104 active cases.