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 t

he 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.