Jagatsinghpur: The district reported 47 fresh COVID-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours including 32 from local contacts.
With this, the total positive cases in the district have gone up to 684.
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t of 46 cases reported from 8 blocks, 20 are from Biridi, 13 from Raghunathpur, 4 from Paradip, 3 from Kujang, 2 each from Tirtol and Jagatsinghpur and one each from Erasama and Balikuda.
Besides, one more case has been detected from the sub-jail in Jagatsinghpur district headquarters.
Out of 32 local contact cases, 18 are from Biridi, 12 from Raghunathpur and 1 each from Paradip and Kujang.
The contact tracing of all the infected patients, who are being shifted to the COVID hospitals, is underway, said district collector Sangram Keshari Mahapatra.
With 2 deaths and 475 recoveries, Jagatsinghpur district now has 207 active cases.
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