Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 positive cases went up to 87,602 in Odisha on Wednesday with the highest single-day spike of 3371 new cases reported from all districts in the last 24 hours.
Among the new cases, 2053 are quarantine and 1318 local contact cases.
Khurda district reported the highest 547 cases, followed by Cuttack with 357, Ganjam 196, Jajpur 173, Nayagarh 171, Sundargarh 154, Rayagada 146, Puri 144, Malkangiri 134, Bhadrak 114, and Sambalpur 107.
Similarly Balasore and Bargarh counted 98 cases each, Jagatsinghpur 95, Jharsuguda 93, Mayurbhanj 92, Koraput 91, Balangir 76, Kendrapada 76, Keonjhar 74, Dhenkanal 67, Nabarangpur 65, Angul 63, Gajapati 41, Kandhamal 41, Kalahandi 28, Nuapada 15, Deogarh 8, Boudh 4 and Sonepur 3.
With 441 deaths and 59,470 recoveries, Odisha now has 27,638 active cases.
