Bhubaneswar: The total number of coronavirus cases in Odisha has gone up to 185 with four new cases being reported from Jagatsinghpur district alone on Wednesday.
All the four affected persons are male and returnees from Surat in Gujarat. They have been kept in quarantine centres.
A 60-year-old man from Kendrapada has also tested positive for the virus. He had recently returned from Kolkata. The district has so fare reported three COVID cases and two among them have been fully cured.
4th Health Update, 6th May
Four positive cases in Jagatsinghpur
26 yr Male, 32 yr Male, 30 yr Male & 47 yr Male
(Surat returnees. In quarantine)One positive case in Kendrapara
60 yr Male
Kolkata returneeContact tracing & follow-up action is being done.
Total Case: 185
— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) May 6, 2020
Total 61 coronavirus affected persons have recovered after undergoing treatment at different facilities across the State, while 122 positive cases are still active.
So far, two persons have succumbed to the disease, including one on Wednesday. Both the cases were reported from Bhubaneswar.