The COVID-19 cases in the State rose to 44 on Thursday after detection of two more positive patients.
A 51-year-old woman in Dhenkanal town tested positive.
The day’s second case was admitted to a private hospital in Bhubaneswar. The patient is a 69-year-old man from Medinipur in West Bengal who was undergoing treatment at a private hospital here. He was brought in an ambulance directly from West Bengal as per the Health and Family Welfare Department.
The Dhenkanal woman, who tested positive for the virus has Nizamuddin link. An attendee of the Tablighi Jamaat at Nizamuddin Markaz had stayed at her house. A total of 15 persons, including the woman, are now placed under quarantine,” said Dhenkanal Collector Bhumesh Chandra Behera.
The woman patient would be admitted to the COVID facility at Ashwini Hospital in Cuttack and the concerned locality would be sanitised, Behera added.
After detection of the two fresh cases, the active COVID-19 cases in the State now stand at 41. On Wednesday, 400 samples were sent for testing (264 to RMRC, 60 to AIIMS and 76 to SCB) and all tested negative for coronavirus.
Bhubaneswar has reported the highest number of COVID cases so far at 35 including the West Bengal Medinipur case, followed by Bhadrak with three cases. Puri, Cuttack, Kalahandi, Kendrapada, Jajpur and Dhenkanal have recorded one case each.