Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported the highest single-day spike of 2924 cases in the last 24 hours, which took the affected tally to 60050 on Sunday.
According to I & PR Department, 1815 among them are quarantine and 1109 local contact cases.
Notably, the highest of 52,795 (RT-PCR- 10,240, Antigen- 42,414, Truenat- 141) samples were tested on Saturday.
The fresh cases have been reported from all 30 districts. Khurda leads with 488 cases, followed by 318 from Ganjam, 200 from Jajpur and 189 from Cuttack.
Covid-19 Report For 15th August
New Positives Cases: 2924
In quarantine: 1815
Local contacts: 1109(Details of local contacts will be shared by concerned District Administration)
District Wise Cases
1. Angul: 37
2. Balasore: 127
3. Bargarh: 48
4. Bhadrak: 107
5. Balangir: 27— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) August 16, 2020
6. Boudh: 8
7. Cuttack: 189
8. Deogarh: 16
9. Dhenkanal: 40
10. Gajapati: 71
11. Ganjam: 318
12. Jagatsinghpur: 47
13. Jajpur: 200
14. Jharsuguda: 30
15. Kalahandi: 27
16. Kandhamal: 50
17. Kendrapada: 60
18. Keonjhar: 26
19. Khurda: 488
20. Koraput: 95
21. Malkangiri: 93— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) August 16, 2020
22. Mayurbhanj: 136
23. Nawarangpur: 26
24. Nayagarh: 142
25. Nuapada: 20
26. Puri: 144
27. Rayagada: 116
28. Sambalpur: 37
29. Sonepur: 38
30. Sundargarh: 161New Recoveries: 1521
Cumulative Tested: 908508
Positive: 60050
Recovered: 40726
Active Cases: 18928— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) August 16, 2020
