Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 226 new Covid-19 cases, of which 33 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking total tally in the state to 10,46,088. Active caseload in the state now stands at 2,657.
Odisha also reported two (02) new fatalities in the last 24 hours taking total tally in the state to 8,383 as per a tweet of Health and Family Welfare department posted Wednesday morning. The state had reported two (02) Covid-19 fatalities Tuesday.
Khurda and Mayurbhanj districts reported one (01) death each.
Out of the 226 new infections, 128 were reported from quarantine centres while 98 persons contracted the virus locally. The state had registered 206 cases of coronavirus infections Tuesday.
Khurda district registered the highest number of new cases with 114 persons testing positive for the disease. It was followed by Cuttack with 15 new infections.
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Other districts that reported fresh Covid-19 cases are: Balasore (10), Bargarh (1), Bhadrak (4), Boudh (1), Deogarh (1), Dhenkanal (1), Ganjam (2), Jagatsinghpur (4), Jajpur (8), Kalahandi (3), Kendrapara (3), Koraput (2), Malkangiri (2), Mayurbhanj (6), Nayagarh (3), Puri (1), Sambalpur (7) and Sundargarh (11).
The State Pool reported 27 new cases. These are persons who have come from outside Odisha and have tested positive.
A total of 2,30,06,494 swab samples have been cumulatively tested so far. The number of recoveries in the last 24 hours stands at 236.
PNN
