Five more persons tested COVID-19 positive in Bhadrak district on Friday, taking the tally in the State to 94.
While a case had been reported earlier in the day, four were reported later.
The Information and Public Relations Department, in a tweet, informed that a 40-year-old man, a 29- year-old youth, a 41–year-old man and a 24- year-old youth were found positive in Tihidi and Dhamnagar blocks of the district.
All of them are West Bengal returnees. Earlier in the day, a 40-year–old man had also tested positive in the district. He had also returned from West Bengal.
With the fresh cases, the total tally of virus patients rose to16 in the district.
The district is now already under a 60-hour shutdown and strict surveillance and contact tracing of patients are going on by the administration.
Meanwhile, the State Government has ramped up the sample tests to contain the virus spread. The State had a record number of 2,474 Covid-19 RT-PCR tests in the last 24 hours.