Odisha reports 103 new corona cases

25/05/2020

Bengaluru: Three special trains left Bengaluru on Sunday with hundreds of migrant workers to Bhubaneswar in Odisha, to Danapur near Patna in Bihar and Hatia near Ranchi in Jharkhand nearly 40 days after they were stranded in this tech city since the lockdown on March 25. The first shramik special left Chikbanavara station in the eastern suburb at 9.26 a.m. with 1,190 migrants to Bhubaneswar, second from Malur in the eastern outskirts at 2.35 p.m. for Danapur with 1,200 migrants and third, also from Malur, to Hatia at 5.25 p.m. with 1,200 migrants.

Bhubaneswar, (Samajweekly) The total coronavirus cases in Odisha climbed to 1,438 as 103 new cases were detected in the eastern state on Monday.

The Health Department said that of these 103 cases, 96 were reported in quarantine centres and seven from local contacts.

Deogarh reported the highest 22 cases, followed by Kendrapara (15), Jagatsinghpur (10), Malkangiri (9), Bhadrak (8), Bolangir (8), Gajapati (6), Koraput (6), Balasore (5), Khurda (5) and Ganjam (4).

Jajpur, Kandhamal, Dhenkanal, Mayurbhanj, and Keonjhar reported one case each.

There are 881 active cases in Odisha, with 550 recoveries. Seven persons have died of the disease.

With the increase in the number of corona cases, the state government on Sunday changed its quarantine policy. People returning to villages will now have to undergo 14 days of institutional quarantine.

The people returning to cities will have to undergo 14 days of home quarantine.

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