Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 tally in Odisha rose to 70,020 on Friday with the overnight addition of 2,898 positive cases.
This was the second highest 24-hour spike in cases reported in the state so far.
Of the new cases reported from all the 30 districts, 1,792 were detected in quarantine centres and 1,106 were local contacts, the I&PR department informed.
Among the districts, Khurda led the tally with 524 cases, followed by Cuttack (241), Nayagarh (232), Ganjam (226), Balangir (173), Balasore (140), Koraput (132), Bhadrak (107), Rayagada (105), Puri (104), Sundargarh (101), Jagatsinghpur (84), Sambalpur (77), Kalahandi (76), Jajpur (69), Kandhamal (63), Kendrapada (57), Malkangiri (56), Gajapati (53), Mayurbhanj (53), Jharsuguda (49), Dhenkanal (44), Nabarangpur (37), Keonjhar (35), Sonepur (23), Angul (16), Bargarh (9), Nuapada (8), Deogarh (3) and Boudh (1).
With 380 deaths and 46,936 recoveries, Odisha now has 20,339 active cases.
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