1384 new COVID-19 cases detected in Odisha; here’re district-wise figures

Bhubaneswar:  As many as 1384 more persons in Odisha tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours taking the total count to 37,681, informed the Government.

While 889 cases have been reported from different quarantine centres, remaining 495 are local contacts. Contact tracing and followup action is underway, said the Health and Family Welfare Department.

The fresh cases have been reported from 28  districts- highest from Ganjam (288) followed by  Khordha (201) and Cuttack (121), Angul (14), Balasore (37), Bargarh (10), Bhadrak (40), Balangir (5), Boudh (2), Dhenkanal (51), Gajapati (38), Jagatsinghpur (20), Jajpur (39), Jharsuguda (3), Kalahandi (47), Kandhamal (62), Kendrapada (12),  Keonjhar (66),  Koraput (49), Malkangiri (34), Mayurbhanj (28), Nabarangpur(2), Nayagarh(31), Nuapada (3), Puri (34), Sambalpur (82) Sonepur (1) and  Sundargarh (64)

With the new cases, the number of active cases in the state rose to 14,350. However, 23,073 patients have recovered in the state so far.

In the last 24 hours,  14,002 swab sample were tested. So far 5,70, 590 tests have been conducted in the state.