Odisha COVID-19 updates: 165 fresh cases; tally at 4677

Bhubaneswar:  Odisha’s COVID-19 tally surged to 4677 with 165 fresh cases were reported today, informed State Information & Public Relations (I&PR) Department.

Of the new cases, 140 were reported from different quarantine centres and 25 are local contacts.

A total number of 4383 samples was tested in last 24 hours, of which 154 cases have been detected COVID-19 positive in 17 districts. The remaining 11 cases are personnel returned from Cyclone AMPHAN duty in West Bengal.

Ganjam district reported the highest number of 41 COVID-19 positive cases followed by Balasore (21) and Cuttack (20).

Here’re district-wise cases today:

1. Khordha: 8
2. Jaipur: 8
3. Nawarangpur: 3
4. Nayagarh: 1
5. Puri: 7
6. Cuttack: 20
7. Jagatsinghpur: 1
8. Jharsuguda: 2
9. Angul: 1
10. Balasore: 21
11. Malkangiri: 1
12. Ganjam: 41
13. Gajapati: 28
14. Sundargarh: 6
15. Bolangir: 2
16. Mayurbhanj: 3
17. Koraput: 1

With this, the total number of active cases reached 1519. While  the recovered cases are 3144 in the State, 11 patients have succumbed to the deadly virus so far.