Odisha reports biggest single-day spike of 129 cases, state tally 1948

Of the fresh cases, the maximum 18 cases have been detected in Kendrapada district, 16 in Gajapati, 12 in Nuapada, 11 in Balangir and 10 each in Ganjam and Jajpur districts.
Political leaders along with security personnel and civilians singing 'Bande Utkal Janani' paying respect towards covid warriors called by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik near AG square in Bhubaneswar. (Photo | Express)
Political leaders along with security personnel and civilians singing 'Bande Utkal Janani' paying respect towards covid warriors called by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik near AG square in Bhubaneswar. (Photo | Express)

BHUBANESWAR:  In a biggest spike in Covid-19 cases so far, Odisha recorded 129 new cases in the last 24 hours pushing the total number to 1,948. The new cases are spread across 19 districts in the State.
Health and Family Welfare department sources said, 119 of the cases are from quarantine centres and 10 others are local contacts. The people detected in quarantine centres are migrant workers, who recently returned to the State from various parts of the country. 

Of the fresh cases, the maximum 18 have been detected in Kendrapara district, 16 in Gajapati, 12 in Nuapada, 11 in Balangir and 10 each in Ganjam and Jajpur districts. Seven cases are from Khurda, six each from Bargarh, Mayurbhanj, Sundargarh and Balasore, five from Cuttack, four each from Puri and Deogarh, three from Keonjhar, two from Jagatsinghpur and one each from Malkangiri, Dhenkanal and Sambalpur districts.

Reverse migration continued to be the major cause of concern for the State Government with returnees contributing over 90 per cent of the cases. Migration hit districts like Ganjam, Gajapati, Balangir, Nuapada, Sambalpur and Kendrapara have become hotbeds of coronavirus apart from coastal districts.  
As per the travel history shared by the Health department, four cases from Jajpur, six from Kendrapara, seven each from Khurda and Ganjam, one each from Cuttack, Sambalpur and Puri are returnees from Gujarat. 

While highest six from Kendrapara are local contacts, two from Balangir and one each from Bargarh and Cuttack are also locals. Among the 10 cases in Jajpur, two are international returnees from Dubai.   With 414 confirmed cases, Ganjam is the worst hit district, followed by Jajpur (269), Balasore (152), Khurda (138), Bhadrak (113) and Cuttack (100). With this, the number of total positive cases rose to 1,948.

The recovery rate in Ganjam and Balasore is also high as 334 and 124 persons respectively have been discharged so far. As many as 76 patients, including maximum 17 from Kendrapara, 16 in Ganjam and 11 each in Nayagarh and Kalahandi, recovered on Sunday, reducing active cases to 813. On an average 84 positive cases and 74 recoveries per day have been reported in the State in the last 10 days.Odisha has tested 1,52,131 samples so far posting a positivity rate of 1.28 per cent. With 348 tests per lakh, it now conducts 78 tests for one positive case.

BHUBANESWAR LOCALITY SHUT DOWN

The Khurda district administration on Sunday imposed a shutdown in the Padhan Sahi panchayat area of Jatni block, close to Sundarpada on the outskirts of the Capital city, for 36 hours till June 2 morning after detection of a Covid-19 positive case in one of the apartments in the locality. The apartment where the case was detected has also been declared as containment zone. Entry and exit to the panchayat has been curtailed while shops and other establishments will remain closed during the shutdown. The administration will ensure supply of essential items to the households in the containment zone as well as the area in shutdown.

ODISHA TALLY

CONFIRMED CASES 1,948

TOTAL RECOVERY 1,126

TOTAL DEATH 07

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