COVID Update: Odisha Reports Highest Daily Surge, New Cases Cross 12000

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded its highest ever surge in daily COVID-19 cases on Friday with 12,238 new infections reported in the last 24 hours.

With the new cases, the state’s COVID-19 tally rose to 5,12,400. As of Friday morning, the number of active cases in Odisha stood at 86,950.

Among the districts, the highest number of cases were recorded in Sundargarh with 2,073 new infections followed by Khurda (1,828) and Cuttack (916).

The district wise break-up is:

1. Angul: 480
2. Balasore: 437
3. Bargarh: 475
4. Bhadrak: 381
5. Balangir: 260
6. Boudh: 128
7. Cuttack: 916
8. Deogarh: 60
9. Dhenkanal: 142
10. Gajapati: 91
11. Ganjam: 312
12. Jagatsinghpur: 168
13. Jajpur: 318
14. Jharsuguda: 306
15. Kalahandi: 580
16. Kandhamal: 69
17. Kendrapada: 192
18. Keonjhar: 179
19. Khurda: 1828
20. Koraput: 130
21. Malkangiri: 60
22. Mayurbhanj: 257
23. Nawarangpur: 282
24. Nayagarh: 194
25. Nuapada: 290
26. Puri: 369
27. Rayagada: 201
28. Sambalpur: 544
29. Sonepur: 159
30. Sundargarh: 2073
31. State Pool: 357

Besides, the state pool has 357 cases.