Odisha reports first case of Coronavirus as researcher returned from Italy tests positive

Odisha on Monday reported its first case of coronavirus. A 33-year-old man tested positive for infection in Bhubaneswar, said Subroto Bagchi, Chief Spokesperson on Coronavirus for Odisha Government. 

"His condition is stable and he is t showing any or complications," Subroto Bagchi told media. 

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man returned from Italy to Delhi on March 6 and n reached Bhubaneswar by train. He consulted a doctor on March 13, complaining of fever and headache. 

" man n went to Capital Hospital on March 14 where he was admitted to isolation ward. His blood and swab samples were sent for medical examination and tests confirmed he is infected by vel coronavirus," Bagchi said. 

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As man travelled through train, state government has launched a contact tracing exercise to find out who all have come in contact with  man, added Bagchi. Data of all those people who travelled with researcher on train is being collected so that y can be tracked and quarantined too meanwhile, his family has also been quarantined and kept under observation. 

So far re are 110 confirmed coronavirus cases in country. Coronavirus, which was first reported in Wuhan city of China, has so far claimed lives of over 5,500 people globally. 

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country has recorded two deaths so far, while number of Coronavirus cases in country has risen to 119. A 76-year-old from Karnataka and a 68-year-old woman in Delhi who had tested positive for coronavirus died due to it. Maharashtra has recorded maximum number of cases, 37, followed by Kerala reporting 22 cases. In a good news amid scare of deadly virus, total number of patients treated of Coronavirus and discharged from hospital has also risen to 13, according to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.  

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