Dhenkanal: Among the 36 new COVID-19 cases reported in Dhenkanal district in the last 24 hours, seven are local contacts, the district administration informed on Saturday.
All the seven local contact cases were detected during antigen tests.
Of the 36 new cases, five are from Dhenkanal municipality and one from Bhuban NAC, The ile the remaining 30 are detected in the three blocks in Odapada (24), Gondia (5) and Sadar (1), the administration tweeted.
With one death and 317 recoveries, Dhenkanal district has 213 active cases at present.