Berhampur: Community mitigation strategies to reduce or prevent COVID-19 transmission in Ganjam, especially in Hinjili, represented by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, has yielded positive result as the number of Red Z
one villages in Hinjili block has reduced to 10 from 56. Similarly, 14 out of 21 panchayats in the block became free from coronavirus, according to official sources.
By September 6 the number of active cases was only 6 with 412 have already been cured.
The number of testing from July 23 to September 6 has increased ten times. The number of testing was only 1,169 by July 23. But this number has increased to 12,934 by September 6 in Hinjili. The number has crossed 3 lakh in Ganjam, according to Prasanna Patra, BDO of Hinjili.
Strict implementation of social distancing norms and containment policy, door to door health check-up, increase in swab testing, 3-T strategies including Testing, Tracing and Treatment, the participation of COVID monitor and care committees and other strategies helped improve the situation, senior district officials have said.