Health Director Bijay Mohapatra informed that the Covid infection in Odisha is still unstable by numbers but the positivity rate is not yet alarming. However, the current focus is on the capital city as it takes 7 days for one person to become infected with the coronavirus.
According to the reports, for the last three months, the number of Covid infections has been fluctuating. All the districts of the State are under the Green zone whereas Khurda district has been listed from Red zone to the list under the Yellow zone today. The number of critical Covid positive patients in the hospital has remarkably reduced.
Mohapatra also said that the citizen cannot be always looked upon, they have to be aware of the situation and follow Covid appropriate behaviour. Odisha reported a total of 521 Covid-19 positive cases have been detected positive in Odisha in the last 24 hours including 65 children. Among the total, Khurda continued to record the highest with 249 positives.
