A 58-year-old man of Baleswar district on Saturday tested positive for the coronavirus, official sources said. This is the first Covid-19 case from this north Odisha district.
With this, the tally of the positive cases in the State increased to 61.
However, in a reassuring development, three more corona-infected persons in the State recovered on Saturday and were discharged from hospital. They all are from Bhubaneswar, said official sources.
So far, the total number of people who have recovered from the disease in the State is 24. The number active cases in the State is 36 while one died quite long ago.