Bhubaneswar: Odisha saw another 8735 people testing positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, which pushed the active cases tally to 89956 on Tuesday.
It is for the second day in a row that the state has reported over 8,000 new cases.
According to the I & PR department, 4892 are quarantine and 3843 local contact cases.
Khurda district reported the highest of 1222 fresh infections, followed by Cuttack (673) and Balasore (566), Jajpur (507) and Dhenkanal (503).
District-wise cases:
1. Angul: 456
2. Balasore: 566
3. Bargarh: 193
4. Bhadrak: 147
5. Balangir: 49
6. Boudh: 137
7. Cuttack: 673
8. Deogarh: 63
9. Dhenkanal: 503
10. Gajapati: 80
11. Ganjam: 156
12. Jagatsinghpur: 382
13. Jajpur: 507
14. Jharsuguda: 157
15. Kalahandi: 177
16. Kandhamal: 65
17. Kendrapada: 387
18. Keonjhar: 179
19. Khurda: 1222
20. Koraput: 255
21. Malkangiri: 96
22. Mayurbhanj: 342
23. Nabarangpur: 264
24. Nayagarh: 285
25. Nuapada: 40
26. Puri: 467
27. Rayagada: 90
28. Sambalpur: 177
29. Sonepur: 156
30. Sundargarh: 244
31. State Pool: 220
These cases were detected from 62,293 samples sent for tests. With this, the daily positivity rate in the state bounced back to 14 per cent.
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