Malkangiri: The COVID-19 tally in Malkangiri district touched 701 on Wednesday with 38 new cases being reported in the last 24 hours.
Among them, 21 are local contact cases.
While 26 cases have been reported from Malkangiri Municipality, seven are from Balimela NAC and the remaining five cases from four blocks – Mathili (2) and one each from Chitrakonda, Kalimela and Khairput.
With two deaths and 433 recoveries, Malkangiri now has 266 active cases.
