Odisha Reports Sharp Jump In COVID-19 Infections, Active Cases Near 10K

Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID-19 caseload soared to 1741 in the last 24 hours, taking the affected tally of Odisha past 3.5 lakh on Monday.

The state had been reporting around 1370 fresh infections for the past two days.

According to the I & PR Department, these new cases have been detected in all 30 districts.

Among them, 1015 are quarantine and 726 local contact cases.

Sundargarh reported the highest number of 268 new cases, followed by Khurda (204), Balasore (158), Sambalpur (121) and Kalahandi (114).

District-wise Cases:

Angul: 43
Balasore: 158
Bargarh: 97
Bhadrak: 11
Balangir: 93
Boudh: 5
Cuttack: 58
Deogarh: 9
Dhenkanal: 2
Gajapati: 14
Ganjam: 9
Jagatsinghpur: 9
Jajpur: 38
Jharsuguda: 43
Kalahandi: 114
Kandhamal: 8
Kendrapada: 2
Keonjhar: 53
Khurda: 204
Koraput: 9
Malkangiri: 3
Mayurbhanj: 39
Nabarangpur: 80
Nayagarh: 7
Nuapada: 96
Puri: 54
Rayagada: 35
Sambalpur: 121
Sonepur: 13
Sundargarh: 268
State Pool: 46

With this, the number of active cases has mounted to 9259.