Odisha: Covid-19 Cases Breach 150 Mark In Last 24 Hours, Nuapada Tops | OTV News

Bhubaneswar: Covid-19 single-day spike in Odisha continued to breach 100 mark for the fifth time in final 6 days when 170 individuals examined optimistic for the virus on Wednesday.
Importantly, Nuapada, which had reported 4 optimistic circumstances on Tuesday, witnessed the utmost surge with 27 individuals testing optimistic within the final 24 hours.
However, the demise toll because of coronavirus remained unchanged at 1,919 as no fatalities have been reported since Monday. A complete of 53 different Covid-19 contaminated sufferers have died within the State because of comorbidities, knowledgeable the State Health and Family Welfare Department.
With the inclusion of Wednesday’s figures, the entire an infection within the State has gone as much as 3,39,246. Odisha now has 1,008 lively circumstances whereas 3,36,266 sufferers have recovered from the illness thus far, mentioned the State I&PR Department.
Of the 170 positives reported on Wednesday, 99 have been detected in quarantine centres whereas the remaining 71 are native transmission circumstances.
Nuapada district with 27 circumstances was adopted by Cuttack and Bhubaneswar the place 23 recent circumstances every have been reported whereas Sundargarh district registered 22 circumstances throughout that interval.
Earlier on Tuesday, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik held a evaluation assembly with all district Collectors, superintendents of police (SPs) and different stakeholders through video conferencing and requested the State police to provide particular consideration to imposing Covid acceptable behaviour in public locations, particularly in market locations, spiritual establishments and wedding ceremony venues. He additionally emphasised on consciousness, enhanced surveillance and testing in an effort to stop the outbreak of a second wave of Covid-19.
On the opposite hand, the Malkangiri district administration ordered seven-day necessary house isolation for individuals coming to the district. Anganwadi employees, panchayat govt officers, (PEOs), sarpanchs have been directed to gather the journey historical past of returnees and preserve a database.
The district administration had additionally earlier clamped night time curfew as a safety measure to examine the unfold of coronavirus. The night time curfew will stay in drive in Malkangiri from 9 pm to six am between 23 March and 31 March.
The Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) final night time issued an order imposing new restrictions for gathering at weddings and funerals. As per the order, whereas a cap of 200 friends has been fastened at wedding ceremony venues, no more than 50 individuals are allowed at funerals.