COVID Update: Odisha Reports Highest Daily Surge, New Cases Cross 10K

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:

1. 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.