The district administration has declared a village in Kalahandi as micro containment zone while the Jharsuguda district administration on Sunday declared 12 places as micro containment zones.
Chilchila village under Brahmanchhendia gram panchayat in Dharamgarh block of Kalahandi district was declared containment zone and nearby Thanat village as buffer zone after six persons of Chilchila were tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday. In Jharsuguda, as many as eight places, including Beheramal, Sarbahal, Jhanda Chowk, Bombey Chowk, Sarbahal 1, Railway Colony, Kabristan Pada and Railway Colony 1 under Jharsuguda Municipality were declared as micro containment zones.
Besides, Maluapada, Kutrachuan and Naxapali under Kirmira block and Piplimal under under Lakhanpur Block have been declared micro containment zones by the Jharsuguda district Collector Saroj Kumar Samal.