Slight Rise In New COVID-19 Cases In Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Odisha saw a marginal rise in COVID-19 cases with 69 more people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours.

Between 50 and 65 new infections are being reported in the state for the last one week.

Of 69 new positive cases, 41 are from quarantine centres while 28 are local contacts. Sambalpur district registered the highest of 12 cases, followed by Sundargarh (11), the I & PR department tweeted on Monday.

District-wise new cases:

1. Angul: 2
2. Balasore: 2
3. Bargarh: 6
4. Balangir: 1
5. Boudh: 1
6. Cuttack: 2
7. Deogarh: 4
8. Gajapati: 1
9. Jajpur: 4
10. Jharsuguda: 6
11. Kalahandi: 1
12. Khurda: 3
13. Nuapada: 5
14. Puri: 2
15. Rayagada: 2
16. Sambalpur: 12
17. Sonepur: 3
18. Sundargarh: 11
19. State Pool: 1

The number of positive cases in Odisha now stands at 336705 and 631 among them are active.