COVID-19: 5 more test positive in Jajpur, tally reaches 154 in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Five more persons tested positive for coronavirus in Jajpur district Saturday, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in Odisha to 154.

The five cases include a 28-year-old male, 56-year-old male, 63-year-old male, 24-year-old female and 60-year-old female, the Health & Family Welfare Department said today.

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All the infected persons with travel history to Kolkata are asymptomatic. All have been kept in quarantine to prevent further spread of infection.

All five cases have travel history to Kolkata and are asymptomatic. With these five new cases, the tally in Jajpur district now stands at 45 with 44 active cases.

PNN