Odisha Records Highest Single-Day Spike Of 1833 COVID-19 Cases; Khurda Leads With 298

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 tally in Odisha touched 42,550 on Friday with the highest single-day spike of 1833 positive cases in the last 24 hours.

Of the new cases reported from 29 districts, 1118 have been detected in quarantine centres while 715 are local contact cases, the I & PR department tweeted.

Khurda led the tally with 298 cases, followed by Ganjam (279), Rayagarh (152), Cuttack (124), Sundargarh (110), Kalahandi (84), Balasore (69), Puri (67), Nayagarh (61), Jajpur (60), Bhadrak (50), Koraput (47), Dhenkanal (43),  Sambalpur (39), Balangir (37), Malkangiri (36), Gajapati (35), 34 each in Boudh, Mayurbhanj and Kendrapada, Sonepur (33), Jharsuguda (30), 16 each in Keonjhar, Jagatsinghpur, and Kandhamal, Nabarangpur (11), Angul (9), Bargarh (8), and Nuapada (1).

With 247 deaths and 26887 recoveries, Odisha now has 15370 active cases.

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