8 fresh COVID-19 cases reported in Odisha, total mounts to 111

Eight people, including four women, tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday, taking total number of cases in Odisha to 111, officials said.

While six fresh cases were reported from Balasore, one each was detected from Jajpur and Koraput districts, y said.

patient from Koraput is a 22-year-old male health worker from Dasmantpur block, first COVID-19 case reported from tribal-dominated district as well as south Odisha.

male staff nurse in a government facility is state's first health worker to get infected with deadly virus, officials said, adding that he was asymptomatic.

Koraput patient, who had returned from Kolkata on April 14 to join duty, was put under quarantine in view of his travel history, and had t joined work.

Following COVID-19 test, he was diagsed with disease, officials said.

With Koraput district reporting a coronavirus patient, COVID-19 cases have w been found in 11 out of 30 districts of Odisha.

new patient from Jajpur is a 34-year-old male from Basudevpur vill under Dasrathpur block and had a recent travel history to Kolkata, official said, adding that his contact tracing is on.

With this, total number of cases in Jajpur district mounted to 19.

Of six cases reported from Balasore on Monday, four are women and two men. One is a 32-year-old man who recently returned from West Bengal.

Regarding five ors in Balasore district, Information and Public Relations department said four are women (55 years, 22 years, 23 years and 29 years, respectively) and one is a male patient d 27 years.

officials said all detected cases from Balasore had mild symptoms and y were put under home quarantine. Contact tracing and follow-up action are being done.

With this, total number of COVID-19 patients in Balasore district, bordering West Bengal, has increased to 16.

samples of new patients were collected during 60-hour complete shutdown imposed in district from 10 pm of April 23 to 10 am of April 26.

Of state's 111 COVID-19 cases, 73 are active as 37 people have recovered from disease. A 72-year-old man from Bhubaneswar died due to disease on April 6.

Earlier in day, two COVID-19 patients from Bhubaneswar were discharged from a hospital after being cured.

Of total COVID-19 cases reported in state so far, 46 were detected from Khurda district, of which Bhubaneswar is a part, followed by 19 from Jajpur, 16 each from Bhadrak and Balasore, six in Sundargarh, two each in Kendrapara and Kalahandi districts and one each in Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Puri and Koraput.

A total of 25,103 samples have been tested by April 26 midnight in eight laboratories, officials added.