Bhubaneswar: The tally of COVID-19 cases has climbed to 156 as two more positive cases have been detected in Jajpur district o Saturday.
Jajpur district remained in the top of the chart in the state.
The infected persons with travel history to West Bengal included 48-yr-old male and 55-yr-old male, all from Bari Block.
Both the patients are Kolkata returnees and were asymptomatic. They were kept under quarantine, informed Information & Public Relations Department. The contact tracing exercise is underway by the district administration.
With this, the tally of positive cases in Jajpur, which has been designated as Red zone by the Ministry of Home Affairs, reach 47 with 46 active cases followed by Balasore (17 active cases) and Khurda (16 active cases).
Earlier in the day, five cases were detected from the district.
