Bhubaneswar: The north Odisha district of Jajpur overtook Bhubaneswar with one more COVID-19 positive case from Bari block on Saturday afternoon.
In a tweet, the Health and Family Welfare Department said that a 62-year old asymptomatic man of Bari block has been tested positive for the virus. He has been kept in the government quarantine centre after his return from Kolkata
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Earlier in the day, two men, 48 and 55 years old respectively, of Bari block of the district were tested positive.
With this, the total number of COVID-19 patients in Odisha has gone up to 156 of which Jajpur leads the tally with 48, followed by Bhubaneswar (47).
