Bhubaneswar: For the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19, Odisha recorded a single-day spike of over 4,000 cases, taking the total tally to 1,55,005 on Monday.
The Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) Department said the state had recorded 4,198 new cases overnight. Of these, 2,476 were from quarantine centres and 1,722 were local contacts.
Among the districts, Khurda continued to lead the tally with 758 new cases, followed by Cuttack (367), Puri (310), Balangir (197), Sundargarh (195), Jajpur (156), Kendrapada (143), Rayagada (136), Mayurbhanj (133), Balasore (130), Sambalpur (130), Nuapada (116), Angul (108), Koraput (99), Nabarangpur (98), Jagatsinghpur (97), Bargarh (95), Jharsuguda (95), Kalahandi (93), Dhenkanal (80), Kandhamal (78), Sonepur (74), Keonjhar (63), Bhadrak (53), Ganjam (44), Nayagarh (43), Deogarh (34), Malkangiri (22), Boudh (19) and Gajapati (14).
So far, Odisha has registered 1,18,642 recoveries. It has 35,673 active cases at present.
