Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported Monday 52 fresh Covid-19 fatalities. It is the highest single-day fatality rate in the state since the pandemic broke in Odisha. In the last week of June, the state had reported 48 deaths in 24 hours. However, that figure was surpassed Monday.
On the other hand, the number of infections continued to remain below 3,000 with the state registering 2,803 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. It took the total tally of infected people in Odisha to 9,24,699. The active caseload in the state now stands at 29,620. Out of the 2,803 new infections, 1,597 were reported from quarantine centres while 1,206 persons contracted the virus locally.
Khurda district registered the highest number of new Covid-19 cases with 475 persons testing positive for the disease. It was followed by Cuttack with 441 new infections.
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Other districts that reported fresh Covid-19 cases are: Angul (97), Balasore (155), Bargarh (17), Bhadrak (131), Bolangir (3), Boudh (21), Deogarh (9), Dhenkanal (67), Gajapati (10), Ganjam (20), Jagatsinghpur (117), Jajpur (153), Jharsuguda (7), Kalahandi (15), Kandhamal (20), Kendrapara (119), Keonjhar (64), Koraput (65), Malkangiri (55), Mayurbhanj (193), Nabarangpur (15), Nayagarh (115), Nuapada (8), Puri (154), Rayagada (54), Sambalpur (32), Subarnapur (18) and Sundargarh (62).
The State Pool reported 91 new cases. These are persons who have come from outside Odisha and have tested positive.
A total of 1,41,25,511 swab samples have been cumulatively tested so far. The number of new recoveries stands at 3,358.
PNN