Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported another spike in COVID-19 cases on Thursday with 879 people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours.
The state had seen a jump of 791 the previous day after reported over 500 cases for two consecutive days.
According to the I & PR Department, these fresh cases have been detected in 28 districts.
Among them, 518 are quarantine and 361 local contact cases.
Khurda has reported the highest of 144 cases followed by Sundargarh (131) and Bargarh (50).
District-wise cases:
1. Angul: 20
2. Balasore: 22
3. Bargarh: 53
4. Bhadrak: 17
5. Balangir: 26
6. Boudh: 1
7. Cuttack: 50
8. Deogarh: 1
9. Gajapati: 1
10. Ganjam: 31
11. Jagatsinghpur: 2
12. Jajpur: 15
13. Jharsuguda: 23
14. Kalahandi: 43
15. Kandhamal: 5
16. Kendrapada: 9
17. Keonjhar: 25
18. Khurda: 144
19. Koraput: 5
20. Mayurbhanj: 29
21. Nabarangpur: 19
22. Nayagarh: 6
23. Nuapada: 61
24. Puri: 45
25. Rayagada: 13
26. Sambalpur: 48
27. Sonepur: 2
28. Sundargarh: 131
29. State Pool: 32
With this, the state now has 4888 active cases.
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