By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR/KENDRAPARA: The COVID-19 after hitting Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s home turf of Ganjam and his trusted lieutenant Boby Das’s Jajpur, now seems started giving sleepless nights in BJD Supremo’s late father’s Karmabhoomi , Kendrapara with cases of positive were on rise. Kendrapara alone reported 89 with 49 Active cases and 40 Recovered of the total 1948. Ganjam 414 with 93 Active cases and 318 Recovered, Deceased 3 while Jajpur 269 with 95 Active cases with 174 Recovered.
Odisha reported the highest ever single day spike at 129 new COVID19 positive cases in the last 24-hours, informed the Health and Family Welfare Department on Sunday. With the detection of the 129 fresh cases, the number of positive cases in the State crossed the 1900-mark and reached at 1948 till Sunday afternoon.
As many as 6 persons including Anganwadi, ASHA workers and staff engaged in 2 Temporary Medical Camps (TMCs) in Kendrapara district have tested positive for COVID-19.
A total of 18 cases was reported in the district on Saturday, of which 6 cases were detected from two TMCs at Marsaghai High School and cyclone shelter at Penthapal, said Kendrapara Collector Samarth Verma said.
“Out of 6, 2 are TMC staff. We had collected their swab samples as they were exposed to the quarantinees. They were found positive for COVID-19 and they are asymptomatic. Along with them, an Anganwadi worker, an ASHA worker and volunteers working at Marsaghai High School TMC and cyclone shelter at Penthapal also tested positive. They all have been sent to the COVID Hospital for treatment,” said Verma.
Among 18 cases, 12 are Gujarat, Karnataka and West Bengal returnees. They were lodged in the TMCs. The quarantinees have been shifted to the COVID Hospital in Kendrapara after their test result came out positive, he told media. The two places Marsaghai and Penthapal, where the COVID cases were detected, have been decalred as containment zones in the district.
“Around 400 families including 300 households in Marsaghai High School TMC area and 80 households at Dandi Sahi cyclone shelter in Penthapal will be under containment. The first round of active surveillance and individual household checking have been completed. Not a single person has shown any COVID symptom so far. The containment restrictions will be lifted if nobody will develop COVID symptoms in second round of surveillance,” the Collector said.
