TNI Bureau: Nilagiri BJP MLA Sukanta Kumar Nayak has been diagnosed with Covid-19.
He becomes the first legislator in Odisha to test positive for COVID-19.
The MLA tested for Covid-19 two days ago after he developed flu-like symptoms.His test report was found positive on Monday, following which, he was admitted to the COVID hospital in Balasore.
As per the reports, he had attended a number of party meetings in Bhubaneswar and Balasore over the last few days. Further contact tracing is on.