Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 1,648 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 9,55,974. The active caseload in the state now stands at 20,387. Out of the 1,648 new infections, 955 were reported from quarantine centres while 693 persons contracted the virus locally. It should be mentioned here that the number of new infections has decreased substantially. The state had registered 2,215 cases of coronavirus infections, Sunday
Odisha also reported 58 new fatalities in the last 24 hours taking total tally in the state to 5,116 as per a tweet of Health and Family Welfare department posted Monday morning.
Cuttack district registered the highest number of new cases with 335 persons testing positive for the disease. It was followed by Khurda with 230 new infections.
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Other districts that reported fresh Covid-19 cases are: Angul (89), Balasore (83), Bargarh (17), Bhadrak (77), Bolangir (1), Boudh (5), Deogarh (1), Dhenkanal (54), Gajapati (5), Ganjam (11), Jagatsinghpur (112), Jajpur (113), Jharsuguda (9), Kalahandi (11), Kandhamal (15), Kendrapara (50), Keonjhar (21), Koraput (6), Malkangiri (35), Mayurbhanj (77), Nabarangpur (12), Nayagarh (73), Nuapada (7), Puri (67), Rayagada (21), Sambalpur (24), Subarnapur (10) and Sundargarh (33).
The State Pool reported 44 new cases. These are persons who have come from outside Odisha and have tested positive.
A total of 1,51,35,862 swab samples have been cumulatively tested so far. The number of recoveries in the last 24 hours stands at 2,492.
PNN