Surat returnees test COVID positive, total cases reach 162

Staff Writer @Blink

Bhubaneswar, May 3: The state government on Sunday said that two of the migrant workers who recently returned to the state from Surat tested positive for COVID 19.

The two included a 17 years old male and 22 years old male. Both of them are said to be asymptomatic.

On the other side three districts reported one case each on Sunday. These included Keonjhar, Balasore and Jharsuguda.

The government said the cases of Balasore and Keonjhar have links to West Bengal travel. With five more cases the state registered a total of 162 cases in total.

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