Odisha

Odisha Reports Another Spike In COVID-19 Infections; Active Cases Cross 1000-Mark

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OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: A day after a slight fall in daily COVID-19 caseload from 146 to 113, Odisha on Wednesday saw another spike with 170 more people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours.

According to the I & PR department, the fresh cases have been reported from 23 districts. Among them, 99 are quarantine and 71 local contact cases.

Nuapada district has reported the highest 27 cases followed by Khurda and Cuttack at 23 each, and Sundargarh (22).

District-wise cases:

  1. Angul: 2
  2. Balasore: 7
  3. Bargarh: 2
  4. Bhadrak: 1
  5. Balangir: 5
  6. Cuttack: 23
  7. Deogarh: 3
  8. Gajapati: 1
  9. Ganjam: 1
  10. Jajpur: 5
  11. Jharsuguda: 7
  12. Kalahandi: 8
  13. Kendrapada: 1
  14. Keonjhar: 2
  15. Khurda: 23
  16. Koraput: 2
  17. Mayurbhanj: 8
  18. Nuapada: 27
  19. Puri: 4
  20. Rayagada: 2
  21. Sambalpur: 7
  22. Sonepur: 1
  23. Sundargarh: 22
  24. State Pool: 6

With this, the affected tally in the state has touched 339246. While 336266 patients have recovered, the number of active cases stands at 1008.

OB Bureau

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