By Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, April 3, 2020: Coronavirus Covad-19 positive cases in Odisha on Friday has shot up to 20 from five cases only with the addition of 15 more new cases in the last 24 hours, Health and Family Welfare Department tweeted.

The new cases include 7 close contacts of 5th Covid-19 positive case, 60 year old Pradipta Kumar Dalbehera of Surya Nagar, including his wife, daughter and tenants. Besides, three persons from Bomikhal, two cases of Bhadrak and one each from Cuttack, Puri and Jajpur have been tested positive, the department tweeted.

The state government has imposed completed lockdown from 8 pm on Friday for 48 hours to check communal spread of the deadly virus and tracing of the people who came in contact with identified Covid-19 positive persons, an official release said.