This story is from July 7, 2020

July 1st week accounts for 40% of Ganjam’s case count

July 1st week accounts for 40% of Ganjam’s case count
Berhampur: Over 40% of the total Covid cases in Ganjam, the worst pandemic-hit district, were reported in the first six days of July while total Covid 19 positive cases increased to 2,348 with detection of 166 new cases on Monday. Similarly the death toll in the district increased to 21 with a 77-year-old man succumbing to the disease during treatment, a health department source said.

Total Covid positive cases in the district were 1,370 and the number of deaths was 14 on June 30. In just six days in July, the number of positive cases increased to 2,348 and the death toll mounted to 21, an official said. It included the death of a person and fresh 166 positive cases reported on Monday.
Out of the total fresh positive cases, 27 and 139 are Covid warriors and persons coming in contact with the positive persons, respectively. The positive cases were detected from 19 out of 22 blocks and Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BeMC) limits, an official said. Highest number of cases were found from BeMC (30) followed by Sanakhemundi (27), Aska (21), Beguniapada (15), Kukudakhandi (13) and Sorada (10). Though there was no death reported from Berhampur in Covid, but the positive cases are galloping. Over 200 positive cases have been detected so far, a health department source said. Multiple factors contributed for the increase in positive cases in the district as well as Berhampur like return of migrants, allowing inter-state travel, opening of markets and enhanced testing, said Dr Subash Chandra Sahu, a private practitioner. He, however, said community transmission in the district has not started. He also said the reduction of the quarantine period to seven day is another reason for the spurt in positive cases in July. In several cases, the symptoms developed during home quarantine, he said.
Satyabrata Mohapatra, a retired doctor, said most of the migrant workers after returning home did not follow the rules of home quarantine. “This might be one of the reasons for the cases increasing in the district,” he said.
Earlier, former principal of MKCG Medical College and Hospital here Radha Madhab Tripathy said, “We could not know the exact incubation period of the virus. The incubation period is the time between the exposure to virus and appearance of the symptoms,” he added.
Meanwhile, district collector Vijay Amruta Kulange asked the officials concerned to ensure health check-up of every individual in the district to find out the suspected Covid cases.
At the same time, he also appealed to the people not to hide any symptoms before the health teams and not administer any drugs which give immediate relief without consulting doctors. He conducted a review meeting on Covid at Chhatrapur with district-level officers.
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