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Bhubaneswar & Cuttack Account For Over 38% Of New COVID-19 Cases In Odisha

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OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar:  The COVID-19 caseload in Odisha went up to 1,16,678 on Friday with 3,267 new cases reported overnight from all 30 districts.

Of the new cases, 1,961 were reported from quarantine centres and 1,306 were local contacts.

Khurda district led the tally with record 859 new cases, followed by Cuttack (384), Puri (235), Rayagada (169), Bhadrak (138), Mayurbhanj (134), Sundargarh (127), Bargarh (120), Keonjhar (107), Ganjam (97), Nabarangpur: (85), Koraput (83), Sambalpur (80), Nayagarh (70), Jagatsinghpur (66), Sonepur (66), Angul (60), Kendrapada (51), Boudh (44), Balangir (43), Nuapada (40), Jharsuguda(37), Kalahandi (37), Kandhamal (27), Deogarh (23), Jajpur (23), Dhenkanal (18), Gajapati (18), Malkangiri (17) and Balasore (9).

Of the total number of new cases, the twin cities of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack accounted for 38.04% of the cases.

With 531 deaths and 87,351 recoveries, Odisha has 28,743 positive cases.

OB Bureau

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