Bhubaneswar: Odisha saw another spike in COVID-19 cases on Saturday with 1,374 people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours.
The state had registered 1282 infections the previous day.
According to the I & PR department, these fresh cases have been detected in 29 districts of the state.
Among them, 812 are quarantine and 562 local contac
t cases.
Sundargarh reported the highest of 355 cases, followed by Khurda (193) and Nuapada (135).
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District-wise cases:
1. Angul: 33
2. Balasore: 17
3. Bargarh: 59
4. Bhadrak: 30
5. Balangir: 12
6. Boudh: 2
7. Cuttack: 51
8. Deogarh: 8
9. Dhenkanal: 5
10. Gajapati: 8
11. Ganjam: 20
12. Jagatsinghpur: 9
13. Jajpur: 25
14. Jharsuguda: 52
15. Kalahandi: 45
16. Kandhamal: 3
17. Kendrapada: 4 1
8. Keonjhar: 24
19. Khurda: 193
20. Koraput: 8
21. Mayurbhanj: 26
22. Nabarangpur: 20
23. Nayagarh: 13
24. Nuapada: 135
25. Puri: 44
26. Rayagada: 47
27. Sambalpur: 77
28. Sonepur: 4
29. Sundargarh: 355
30. State Pool: 45
With this, the active cases in the state have mounted to 7003.