Bhubaneswar: Corona positive cases in Odisha mounted to 149 with one more case being detected in Jajpur on Friday.
The I & PR Department in a tweet identified the new patient as a 35-year-old woman from Basudevpur in the district. She is a contact case in a containment zone.
5th Health Update, 1st May, 2020
One New Positive Case in Jajpur
35 yr Female, Basudevpur(Contact case in containment zone)
Contact tracing and follow-up action is being done.
Total Positive Case: 149
— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) May 1, 2020
Earlier in the day, Jajpur had reported three new cases from three different areas.
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The district now has 40 COVID cases and only one among them has recovered from the disease so far. Most of the cases in Jajpur are linked to West Bengal.