The Odisha government has been striving hard to extend all possible assistance to those who have contracted the infection. On August 18, Naveen Patnaik tweeted: “Glad to share that we have crossed one million COVID-19 test milestone. The government has also set up its own COVID hospitals in districts where partnership with private hospitals is not feasible. It was observed that non-COVID patients undergoing treatment in private hospitals became COVID-infected during the process of treatment. As of August 17, Odisha had conducted 10,09,454 tests and a total of 64,533 people had been found positive.

Source: The Hindu August 19, 2020 07:07 UTC