Bhubaneswar, April 8 -- When the coastal districts in Odisha have apparently emerged as the Covid-19 hotspots in the State, around 89 per cent of novel coronavirus positives in State belong to the working age-group of 20 - 50 years. Only 9 per cent Covid-19 positives belong to 60 + age-group vis-a-vis 17 per cent nationally.
The footprint of Covid-19 is seen in as many as six of the nine coastal districts. While Khurda district emerged as the Covid-19 epicentre in Odisha, the other hotspot coastal districts are Puri, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada and Cuttack. As on today, the manifestation of novel coronavirus has been traced to in only one district (Kalahandi) in western Odisha.
As Covid-19 cases are mostly linked to people having travel h...