Bhubaneswar: Odisha capital Bhubaneswar on Monday become coronavirus free with the recovery of all the 48 COVID-19 patients in the city, an official said.
Bhubaneswar, which reported the states first COVID-19 case on March 15 and Odishas first corona fatality on April 6 was declared as free from the highly infectious disease, the official said.
The last batch of three patients were among the states total 57 cases declared as COVID-19 cured patients on Monday. Of the 50 cases reported from the city, 48 have recovered and two persons died .
Bhubaneswar and Jagatsinghpur district now have no active cases of COVID-19, a health department statement said. Of the 57 persons declared as recovered from the disease, 40 patients are from Ganjam