Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 10,939 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 7,14,380. The active caseload in the state now stands at 1,10,554. Out of the 10,939 new infections, 6,178 were reported from quarantine centres while 4,761 persons contracted the virus locally.
Odisha reported highest ever 33 fresh fatalities taking the total tally in the state to 2,549 as per a tweet of the Health and Family Welfare department. Out of the 33 fatalities, Khurda alone reported seven (including three from Bhubaneswar); Angul, Jharsuguda and Kalahandi districts (four each); Sundargarh and Subarnapur districts (three each); Ganjam and Keonjhar districts (two each); Deogarh, Jajpur, Kandhamal and Koraput districts (one each).
Khurda district registered the highest number of new COVID-19 cases with 1,298 persons testing positive for the disease. It was followed by Cuttack with 922 new infections.
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Other districts that reported new COVID-19 cases are: Angul (819), Balasore (361), Bargarh (323), Bhadrak (142), Bolangir (195), Boudh (385), Deogarh (100), Dhenkanal (763), Gajapati (43), Ganjam (254), Jagatsinghpur (291), Jajpur (541), Jharsuguda (191), Kalahandi (244), Kandhamal (77), Kendrapara (323), Keonjhar (176), Koraput (242), Malkangiri (103), Mayurbhanj (604), Nabarangpur (362), Nayagarh (225), Nuapada (64), Puri (456), Rayagada (156), Sambalpur (319), Subarnapur (231) and Sundargarh (512).
The State Pool reported 217 new cases in the last 24 hours. These are persons who have come from outside Odisha and have tested positive.
A total of 1,14,37,337 swab samples have been cumulatively tested so far. The number of new recoveries stands at 11,614.
PNN