Odisha: 27 more COVID-19 patients recover, active cases in BBSR reduced to 3

Sambad English Bureau Published On : May 13, 2020 at 2:41 PM

Bhubaneswar: In a good news amid sharp rise in COVID-19 cases in Odisha, as many as 27 patients of the state tested negative for the virus and recovered, official sources said today.

They include 9 persons from Balasore, 8 from Bhubaneswar, 4 from Bhadrak, 2 each from Ganjam and Sundargarh, and one each from Koraput and Keonjhar. All of them are being discharged from COVID hospitals, sources added.

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With this, the number of recovered persons in the state rose to 143. Capital city Bhubaneswar, which had initially emerged as the COVID-19 hotspot of the state with over 40 cases, has now mere three active cases.

Earlier in the day, Odisha registered its highest spike in COVID-19 cases as 101 more persons tested positive for the virus taking the tally to 538.