Kandhamal dist back on Covid map

Berhampur: Kandhamal, which had become free of any active Covid-19 positive case after the recovery of three patients on Friday, is back on the corona map following the detection of eight fresh cases on Saturday. Sources said the new cases, including six males and two females, were from a temporary medical centre in Baliguda.
The fresh cases have taken the total Covid count in the district to 186, of which 178 people have already been cured.
While those who had tested positive for the virus earlier have been cured and discharged from the hospital, the eight new patients are undergoing treatment. Despite only eight Covid patients in Kandhamal, the administration has announced a two-day weekend shutdown on Saturday and Sunday like the other districts with more than 50 active Covid patients, as decided by the government.
With vehicles off the roads, commercial establishments shut and people largely indoors, several areas of the district on Saturday wore a deserted look.
Meanwhile, the district administration has decided to put those returning from Covid hotspot districts in 14-day mandatory institutional quarantine. All are requested not to move unnecessarily to the hotspot districts, district collector Brundha D appealed to the people in a tweet message.
A district official said the move was prompted after many were seen going to the adjoining Ganjam and Nayagarh districts on every Saturday and returning on Monday.