4 fresh COVID-19 cases in Odisha, total count rises to 54

Four more people, including a 17-year-old girl, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha, taking total number of cases in state to 54, officials said on Sunday. All four were asymptomatic and ir samples were collected for testing as part of routine surveillance, a Health and Family Welfare Department official said.

While two of m are from Bisra area of Sundargarh district, ar is from Bhubaneswar and mir is a resident of Ranjagar area in Kendrapara district, he said. y were tested positive for virus on Saturday night.

Of newly diagsed patients, a 67-year-old man from Bisra area h attended Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi last month.

After attending event, he took Sampark Kranti Express train to Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh on March 10 and from re boarded a connecting train to Rourkela next day. From re, he travelled to Bisra on a shared auto-rickshaw. He was put under quarantine till April 2.

Ar COVID-19 patient is an 18-year-old man from Birsa who h come in contact with Tablighi Jamaat member.

mir girl h took a private ambulance from Kolkata on March 29. She was put under home quarantine on March 30 and w shifted to an exclusive COVID-19 hospital at Cuttack, Kendrapara District Collector Samarth Verma said.

Of total 3,551 samples tested so far, 3,494 were found negative and 54 positive.

state has 41 active coronavirus cases. While 12 patients have recovered, one died.

National Health Mission (NHM) director Shalini Pandit has said that over 80 per cent of vel coronavirus patients in state are asymptomatic.