Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID-19 caseload in Odisha dropped below 1,000 for the second time in two days, with 986 people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours.
After a gap of more than three months, the state had seen 987 new cases on November 11. Odisha had last reported less than 1,000 cases on July 20.
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Meanwhile, the new infections pushed the affected tally to 3,05,986 on Thursday.
According to I & PR department, 572 are quarantine and 414 local contact cases.
Khurda reported the highest 112 fresh cases followed by Cuttack (81) and Sundargarh (80).
District-wise cases:
- Angul: 64
- Balasore: 43
- Bargarh: 34
- Bhadrak: 10
- Balangir: 26
- Boudh: 8
- Cuttack: 81
- Deogarh: 5
- Dhenkanal: 26
- Gajapati: 3
- Ganjam: 15
- Jagatsinghpur: 54
- Jajpur: 28
- Jharsuguda: 19
- Kalahandi: 42
- Kandhamal: 13
- Kendrapada: 44
- Keonjhar: 49
- Khurda: 112
- Koraput: 14
- Malkangiri: 6
- Mayurbhanj: 57
- Nabarangpur: 15
- Nayagarh: 10
- Nuapada: 38
- Puri: 32
- Rayagada: 16
- Sambalpur: 16
- Sonepur: 3
- Sundargarh: 80
- State Pool: 23
With 2,92,477 recoveries, the number of active cases in the state now stands at 11,973.
