Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported the biggest spike in five months with 1282 people testing positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.
On November 9 last year, the state had reported 1219 new infections.
The virus also claimed one more life, taking the death toll to 1924 in the state.
According to the I & PR Department, these fresh cases have been detected from 28 districts. Among them, 755 are quarantine and 527 local contact cases.
Sundargarh reported the highest of 224 cases followed by Khurda (192), Kalahandi (108), Bargarh (84), Nuapada (82), Sambalpur (82) and Cuttack (63).
District-wise cases
1. Angul: 49
2. Balasore: 10
3. Bargarh: 84
4. Bhadrak: 24
5. Balangir: 45
6. Cuttack: 63
7. Deogarh: 3
8. Dhenkanal: 2
9. Gajapati: 1
10. Ganjam: 32
11. Jagatsinghpur: 3
12. Jajpur: 26
13. Jharsuguda: 36
14. Kalahandi: 108
15. Kandhamal: 7
16. Kendrapada: 6
17. Keonjhar: 6
18. Khurda: 192
19. Koraput: 8
20. Mayurbhanj: 52
21. Nabarangpur: 27
22. Nayagarh: 10
23. Nuapada: 82 2
4. Puri: 28
25. Rayagada: 15
26. Sambalpur: 82
27. Sonepur: 12
28. Sundargarh: 224
29. State Pool: 45
With this, active cases in the state have mounted to 5941.
