Bhubaneswar: Another MLA from Odisha’s Balasore district has tested positive for COVID-19, officials said on Tuesday.
Officials said, BJD MLA from Remuna constituency, Sudhansu Sekhar Parida has tested positive for COVID-19. He is the third Legislator in the State to have got the infection.
Earlier, BJP’s Nilgiri MLA Sukanta Kumar Nayak and BJD’s Salipur MLA Prasant Behera had tested positive for COVID-19. However the latter had recovered from the deadly infection.