Odisha Reports 290 New COVID Cases, Khurda Dist Tops With 71

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 290 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours, the I&PR Department informed on Sunday.

Among the new cases reported from 22 districts, 171 are from quarantine and 119 are local contact cases.

Notably, the state had crossed the 200-mark after a gap of almost two months on Thursday after 214 people tested positive for the virus.

According to the I&PR Department, Khurda district has reported the highest of 71 cases followed by Nuapada (40), Jharsuguda (21) and Cuttack (16).

District-wise cases:

1. Angul: 10
2. Balasore: 6
3. Bargarh: 15
4. Bhadrak: 6
5. Balangir: 9
6. Cuttack: 16
7. Deogarh: 1
8. Dhenkanal: 1
9. Ganjam: 7
10. Jagatsinghpur: 3
11. Jajpur: 5
12. Jharsuguda: 21
13. Kalahandi: 9
14. Khurda: 71
15. Koraput: 2
16. Mayurbhanj: 10
17. Nuapada: 40
18. Puri: 6
19. Rayagada: 9
20. Sambalpur: 11
21. Sonepur: 2
22. Sundargarh: 14
23. State Pool: 16

With this, Odisha now has 1,650 active cases.

The total positive cases in the state now stands at 340194 and the recovered cases at 336571.