Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Wednesday released the details about 74 corona positive cases reported in the last 24 hours.
These fresh cases have been reported from Boudh (28), Puri (11), Cuttack (9), Khurda (7), Ganjam (6), Jajpur (6), Kendrapada (2), Malkangiri (2) and one each from Balasore, Dhenkanal and Kandhamal.
Of these, 72 have been detected from quarantine centres while two are local cases, the I & PR department said in a tweet. The patients had recently returned to Odisha from West Bengal, Telangana, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Kerala.
Total Positive Cases till 9 am: 1052
Active Cases: 739
New Cases: 7402 cases in Kendrapara
(All in quarantine centres. 1 WB & 1 Telengana returnees)11 cases in Puri
(All in quarantine centres. 1 AP, 1 TN, 1 Karnataka and 8 Gujarat returnees)— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) May 20, 2020
07 cases in Khurdha
( All in quarantine centres. 5 Gujarat & 1 WB returnees. 1 local case)09 cases in Cuttack
(All in quarantine centres. 2 M’rashtra, 1 Tamilnadu & 6 Surat returnees)06 cases in Ganjam
(5 in quarantine centres. 3 M’rashtra & 2 Gujarat returnees. 1 local case)— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) May 20, 2020
06 cases in Jajpur
( All in quarantine centres. 3 WB, 1 Maharashtra & 2 Gujarat returnees)01 case in Dhenkanal
( In quarantine centre. TN returnee)01 case in Kandhamal
(In quarantine centre. Kerala returnee)— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) May 20, 2020
With this, Odisha now has 739 active cases with 307 having cured of the infection. The virus has so far claimed six lives in the state.
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