13 COVID-19 patients recover so far in Odisha: Officials

One more person, who was afflicted with COVID-19 in Odisha, has recovered on Monday, taking total number of patients cured of disease to 13 in state, health department officials said.

man, who hails from Kalahandi district, was undergoing treatment at Ashwini Hospital, a dedicated facility for COVID-19 patients in Cuttack, y said.

Odisha has so far reported 54 coronavirus cases while a 72-year-old patient from state capital died of disease.

"Happy to share that one COVID positive case of Kalahandi district, presently at Ashwini Covid hospital, Cuttack, has recovered and tested negative for COVID-19. Our best wishes to him," state's health and family welfare department tweeted.

Of recovered patients, seven are from Bhubaneswar, two from Bhrak and one each from Cuttack, Jajpur, Puri and Kalahandi, officials said.

National Health Mission (NHM) director Shalini Pandit said over 80 per cent of patients in state are asymptomatic and many of m will t require hospital care.

officials said testing for vel coronavirus has been started at MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur on Sunday.

new testing unit is an dition to existing facilities at RMRC, AIIMS and ILS in Bhubaneswar and SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack.

"Laboratory development and equipment installation work are going on in full swing at VIMSAR in Burla for commencing COVID testing at earliest," y said.

Meanwhile Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) has withdrawn containment zone order from area around Pattapole in city.

civic body, on April 4, h declared Pattapole as a containment zone after a man h tested positive for COVID- 19.

man has been cured of disease and discharged from hospital, an official of CMC said.

restriction was withdrawn after all people who h come in contact with man have tested negative for coronavirus, official said.

test results of all symptomatic cases in containment zone found negative and re is local transmission in area, CMC said in a statement on Sunday night.