This story is from May 26, 2020

Six more test positive in Koraput district

Six more test positive in Koraput district
Koraput: Nearly a month after the first Covid-19 positive case was detected in Koraput district, six more patients, including two women, were tested positive for coronavirus in the district on Monday. The first case was detected on April 27.
An official said all the patients had returned from Andhra Pradesh and five of them were in quarantine at three temporary medical centres (TMC) and one was in home quarantine in Jeypore.
While two persons each were in Hikimput and Upper Kanti TMC of Nandpur and Laxmipur blocks, one each is from Dasmantpur TMC and Jeypore, said collector (Koraput) Madhusudan Mishra.
Barring the patient from Jeypore, the others have been shifted to the Covid hospital in Jeypore, he added.
While the TMCs have been declared as containment zones and contact tracing has been started, the administration found itself in trouble as the patient from Jeypore, who was in home quarantine, has escaped to West Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh on Saturday without informing his travel plan to the administration.
An official said the patient had reached Jeypore on May 19 and was advised home quarantine after his swab sample was collected. “During inquiry it was found that the patient had left the district on May 23 without informing the officials concerned. We have informed our counterpart in West Godaavari district for his treatment,” the collector said.
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