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Odisha recorded a triple digit jump in a single day by adding 101 new COVID-19 Positive cases Wednesday, bringing their total to 538, the State Department of Family Health and Welfare said.
The number of cases in the state has increased more than twice in less than a week, and many people from Odia who returned from Gujarat and other states tested positive for the pandemic.
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Of the new cases, 52 were detected in the Ganjam district, 33 in the Balasore district, seven in the Jajpur and Sundargarh districts, and two in the Keonjhar district.
While 90 of the 101 cases were detected at temporary medical centers at the gram panchayat level, eight appeared in containment areas and three elsewhere, the Health Department said.
Of the total of 538 cases, 419 people were admitted to different exclusive COVID-19 hospitals, while 116 recovered and three died.
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Twenty-one of Odisha’s total 30 districts have reported positive cases so far, with six districts accounting for the majority of cases.
210 cases in Ganjam
While Ganjam has reported the highest number of 210 cases, Balasore reported 90 followed by Jajpur with 71, Bhubaneswar under Khordha district with 50, Bhadrak 31 and Angul district 15 cases.
The vast majority of cases reported in the past week were among people who returned from Gujarat Surat. The returnees lived in temporary medical centers at the gram panchayat level for quarantine and testing.
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Naveen Patnaik ordered to increase the capacity of temporary medical centers established for the quarantine of the thousands of Odia migrant workers returning from other states.
It also ordered to increase the number of beds in the COVID-19 care centers in the migration-prone districts of Ganjam, Balasore, Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Jajpur and Balangir.
A total of 76,234 people from Odia had returned on Wednesday, with more arriving by train, bus, and some walking or cycling.
Up to 14,647 temporary medical centers have been established in 6,798 grams of panchayats with 5.82,941 beds. The state government expects the return of about five lakh of Odia migrant workers in the coming weeks.
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