Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded its highest ever surge in daily COVID-19 cases on Thursday with 10,521 new infections reported in the last 24 hours.
With the new cases, the state’s COVID-19 tally rose to 500,162. As of Thursday morning, the number of active cases in Odisha stood at 81,585.
Among the districts, Khurda continued to top the daily count list with 1,477 new cases, followed by Sundargarh (1,186) and Cuttack (963).
The district wise break-up is:
- Angul: 388
Balasore: 97
3. Bargarh: 543
4. Bhadrak: 158
5. Balangir: 314
6. Boudh: 250
7. Cuttack: 963
8. Deogarh: 88
9. Dhenkanal: 88
10. Gajapati: 113
11. Ganjam: 196
12. Jagatsinghpur: 217
13. Jajpur: 373
14. Jharsuguda: 314
15. Kalahandi: 571
16. Kandhamal: 72
17. Kendrapara: 121
18. Keonjhar: 194
19. Khurda: 1477
20. Koraput: 182
21. Malkangiri: 83
22. Mayurbhanj: 288
23. Nabarangpur: 404
24. Nayagarh: 224
25. Nuapada: 304
26. Puri: 319
27. Rayagada: 140
28. Sambalpur: 460
29. Sonepur: 112
30. Sundargarh: 1186
Besides, the state pool has 282 cases.