Of the seven new cases, three hailed from Balasore, one from Ganjam, one from Rourkela in
The latest case was detected in Jajpur district with a 58 year-old man who returned from Kolkata testing positive. He was in quarantine after returning from the neighbouring state.
With this the total number of COVID-19 cases in Jajpur mounted to 53, the official said.
In Rourkela in Sundergarh district, a 49-year-old man tested positive for the deadly virus after he returned from Kolkata.
The new cases in Cuttack and Ganjam districts are of two people who recently returned from Surat in Gujarat.
Cuttack district had last reported a COVID-19 case on April 3 while Ganjam falls in the orange zone.
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Contact tracing and follow-up actions are being undertaken in the three districts, the official said.
A total of 3,535 samples were tested for COVID-19 in Odisha on Monday, the highest in a day in the state, the official said. The Health Department has tested 44,663 samples so far.
Jajpur district has reported the maximum number of cases, followed by
Three positive cases have been reported from Ganjam district while two cases each have been reported in Cuttack, Jharsuguda, Kendrapara, Bolangir, Keonjhar and Kalahandi and one each in Puri,
Sixty people have recovered from the disease. The state has reported only one
A total of 226 people, both suspected and confirmed cases, are presently in hospital isolation.