<p>A man from Odisha's Balasore district tested positive for coronavirus, taking the number of cases in the state to 61, officials said on Saturday.</p>.<p>Three people from Bhubaneswar have recovered from COVID-19 and the number of active cases in the state now stands at 36, they said.</p>.<p>"A 58-year-old man from Balasore district has tested positive for COVID-19," Health and Family Welfare Secretary N B Dhal said at the daily briefing here.</p>.<p>The government has launched contact tracing of the fresh case and follow up action is in progress, he said.</p>.<p>With this case, Dhal said, coronavirus cases have been reported from 10 of Odisha's 30 districts.</p>.<p>Earlier, cases were reported from Khurda (46), Bhadrak (3), Sundergarh, Kendrapara, Kalahandi and Jajpur (two cases each) and Cuttack, Puri, Dhenkanal (one case each) districts.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said Puri and Bhadrak in Odisha are among 47 COVID-19 affected districts where no fresh case has been reported in the last 14 days.</p>.<p>A health department official said three COVID-19 patients hailing from Bhubaneswar have recovered, taking the total number cured people in the state to 24.</p>.<p>With the recovery of these three people, the number of active cases in the state has dropped to 36, he said.</p>.<p>Odisha has so far tested 8,619 samples of which 61 were found positive, according to the official.</p>.<p>The ratio of positive cases in Odisha remains at 0.7 per cent, he said.</p>.<p>Of the total 61 cases in Odisha, 46 are from Bhubaneswar, a coronavirus hotspot. Of these, 15 patients have recovered, he said.</p>.<p>The official said Odisha did not report any fresh cases on Wednesday and Thursday.</p>
<p>A man from Odisha's Balasore district tested positive for coronavirus, taking the number of cases in the state to 61, officials said on Saturday.</p>.<p>Three people from Bhubaneswar have recovered from COVID-19 and the number of active cases in the state now stands at 36, they said.</p>.<p>"A 58-year-old man from Balasore district has tested positive for COVID-19," Health and Family Welfare Secretary N B Dhal said at the daily briefing here.</p>.<p>The government has launched contact tracing of the fresh case and follow up action is in progress, he said.</p>.<p>With this case, Dhal said, coronavirus cases have been reported from 10 of Odisha's 30 districts.</p>.<p>Earlier, cases were reported from Khurda (46), Bhadrak (3), Sundergarh, Kendrapara, Kalahandi and Jajpur (two cases each) and Cuttack, Puri, Dhenkanal (one case each) districts.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said Puri and Bhadrak in Odisha are among 47 COVID-19 affected districts where no fresh case has been reported in the last 14 days.</p>.<p>A health department official said three COVID-19 patients hailing from Bhubaneswar have recovered, taking the total number cured people in the state to 24.</p>.<p>With the recovery of these three people, the number of active cases in the state has dropped to 36, he said.</p>.<p>Odisha has so far tested 8,619 samples of which 61 were found positive, according to the official.</p>.<p>The ratio of positive cases in Odisha remains at 0.7 per cent, he said.</p>.<p>Of the total 61 cases in Odisha, 46 are from Bhubaneswar, a coronavirus hotspot. Of these, 15 patients have recovered, he said.</p>.<p>The official said Odisha did not report any fresh cases on Wednesday and Thursday.</p>