Odisha

Odisha COVID-19 Tally Crosses 44K With 1643 New Cases, Ganjam & Khurda Lead With 274

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 tally in Odisha went up to 44,193 on Saturday with 1,643 new positive cases reported in last 24 hours.

The fresh cases were reported from 28 districts. These included 1,018 from quarantine centres and 625 were local contact cases.

Khurda and Ganjam led the tally with 274 cases each, followed by  Rayagada (136), Sundargarh (118), Sambalpur (112), Cuttack (98), Puri (92), Balasore (73), Kandhamal (52), Koraput (50), Balangir (43), Nayagarh (40), Mayurbhanj (39), 36 each in Jajpur and Dhenkanal, Gajapati (35), Kandhamal (30), Malakangiri (27), Jagatsinghpur (21), Kendrapada (14), seven each in Bargarh and Boudh, Nabarangpur (5), Keonjhar (3), two each in Bhadrak and Jharsuguda and Nuapada (1).

With 247 deaths and 28,697 recoveries, Odisha now has 15189 active cases.

Also Read: COVID-19: Over 61k New Cases Push India’s Tally Closer To 21 Lakh

OB Bureau

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