Apprehending Possible Spike in COVID-19; Odisha Govt.alerts all 30 Districts
Bureau,Odishabarta
Bhubaneswar: Apprehending a possible spike in COVID-19 cases in Odisha along the lines in Maharashtra, Naveen Patnaik Government on Friday asked all district authorities to strictly implement pandemic appropriate behaviour even as the State reported a significant drop in the daily new positive cases.
The State Government has asked all the districts, commissioners of different municipal corporations, the police commissioners of Bhubaneswar,Cuttack ,Berhampur and others to remain vigilant for the possible spike in COVID-19 cases.
Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra Additional Chief Secretary to the Health and Family Welfare department, , said there has been a surge in COVID-19 positive cases across some States and it is quite possible that such a situation may arise in Odisha too unless adequate precautions are taken.
“You are therefore directed to ensure strict enforcement of COVID-19 appropriate behaviour in your district/city to prevent any spike in cases. Adequate testing levels should be maintained as per guidelines,” he said in a letter. Special care should be taken to ensure that these measures are implemented in crowded places such as markets, religious institutions and others, the letter said. There should not be any deviation in implementing the instructions, it added.
The State, on the other hand, recorded significant fall in the daily new positive cases, a Health department official said. The State had reported 63 new cases on Thursday. Odisha’s COVID-19 tally is 3,36,513 after 53 people tested positive for the virus on Friday, while one more fatality pushed the death toll to 1,914.
The State also registered recovery of 92 patients, taking the number of cured persons to 3,33,980, which is 99.24 per cent of the caseload. Odisha’s case fatality rate (CFR) stands at 0.56 per cent, while the State’s positivity rate is 4.14 per cent.
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