Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 10,031 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally of infected people in the state to 5,44,873. The number of cases showed a slight decrease as Sunday the state had reported 10,635. The current active caseload in Odisha now stands at 94,760. Out of the new positive cases reported Monday, 6,623 were reported from quarantine centres while 3,408 persons contracted the virus locally.
The toll in Odisha rose to 2,197 with 17 new fatalities in the last 24 hours according to a tweet by the Health and Family Welfare department. Kalahandi, Rayagada, Khurdah and Sundargarh districts reported three deaths. Two deaths were reported from Puri district while Angul, Bolangir, Dhenkanal reported one fatality each
Khurda district registered the highest number of new cases with 1,329 persons testing positive for the disease, followed by Sundargarh with 824 new infections.
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Other districts that have reported new COVID-19 cases are: Cuttack (720), Puri (708), Angul (456), Bargarh (450), Kalahandi (433), Jharsuguda (418), Jajpur (328), Nuapada (311), Nabarangpur (306), Sambalpur (302), Bolangir (274), Nayagarh (269), Bhadrak (248), Dhenkanal (244), Kendrapara (243), Balasore (230), Ganjam (209), Mayurbhanj (207), Boudh (183), Subarnapur (169), Keonjhar (166), Koraput (142), Rayagada (132), Deogarh (118), Jagatsinghpur (115), Gajapati (89), Kandhamal (75) and Malkangiri (62).
The State Pool reported 271 new cases. These are persons who have come from outside the state and have tested positive.
A total of 1,05,66,215 swab samples have been cumulatively tested in the state so far. The number of new recoveries stands at 8,541.
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