Odisha registers 80 fresh COVID-19 cases; Total tally jumps to 1269

Bhubaneswar: May 23: Odisha has registered 80 COVID-19 cases today. The total number of COVID-19 confirmed cases reached 1269.

In today’s 80 cases, 19 cases were found in Ganjam District, 14 in Jajpur, 3 in Balasore, 17 in Puri, 1 in Cuttack, 5 in Sundergarh, 5 in Nayagarh, 1 in Bolangir, 5 in Malkangiri, 2 in Kandhamal, 3 in Jharsuguda, 1 in Nabarangpur and 4 in Gajapati District.

From the fresh cases detected today, 71 are in quarantine centers, 2 in Home Quarantine and rest 7 are local cases, as informed by Health & Family Welfare Department.

Total Positive Cases till 9 am: 1269
Active Cases: 826
New Cases: 80

04 cases in Gajapati
(1 in quarantine centre, Maharashtra returnee & 3 local contact cases)

17 cases in Puri
(All in quarantine centres. 11 Gujarat, 4 WB, 1 AP & 1 TN returnees)

— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) May 23, 2020