Bhubaneswar: After more than three months the daily new infections went below the 1,000-mark for the first time with Odisha reporting 886 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. The Health and Family Welfare department also said in a tweet Monday that during the same time span 66 more persons have succumbed to the virus taking the toll in the state to 6,501.
So far 9,87,956 persons have been bitten by the Covid-19 virus in the state and the active caseload now stands at 11,486. Out of the new infections, 512 were reported from quarantine centres while 374 persons contracted the virus locally. The state had registered 1,243 cases of coronavirus infections Sunday.
Khurda district topped the list of fatalities with 29 deaths. It was followed by Cuttack (13), Sambalpur (eight), Bargarh (seven), Bolangir (three), Nuapada (two) and Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Subarnapur and Sundargarh districts (one each).
Khurda district also registered the highest number of new cases with 253 persons testing positive for the virus. It was followed by Cuttack with 81 new infections.
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Other districts that reported fresh Covid-19 cases are: Balasore (62), Jajpur (60), Jagatsinghpur (54), Puri (53), Kendrapara (33), Angul (32), Bhadrak (31), Mayurbhanj and Nayagarh (25 each), Keonjhar (18), Sambalpur (15), Sundargarh (12), Dhenkanal and Kalahandi (11 each), Malkangiri (nine), Bargarh and Ganjam (eight each), Koraput (seven), Kandhamal and Rayagada (five each), Gajapati and Nabarangpur (four each), Jharsuguda (three) and Boudh, Deogarh and Subarnapur (two each).
The State Pool reported 51 new cases. These are persons who have come from outside Odisha and have tested positive.
A total of 1,66,26,905 swab samples have been cumulatively tested so far. The number of recoveries in the last 24 hours stands at 1,463.
PNN