Bhubaneswar, Apr 10 (PTI) Four persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha, taking the total number of coronavirus patients in the state to 48, officials said on Friday.

The details of the fresh cases were not immediately available.

With COVID-19 cases rising steadily, the Odisha government on Thursday had decided to extend the ongoing lockdown in the state till April 30 to effectively contain the spread of the deadly disease.

(This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)