Odisha registers 1,741 new COVID-19 cases ; Sundargarh highest with 268

Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 1,741 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 3,51,302 with 9,259 active cases.

Out of the 1,741 new cases, 1,015 were reported from quarantine centres while 726 contracted the virus locally.

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Sundargarh registered the highest number of COVID-19 infections as 268 more persons in the district contracted the virus, followed by Khurda with 204 cases.

A total of 94,00,456 swab samples have been cumulatively tested in the state so far.

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District wise breakdown:

1. Angul: 43
2. Balasore: 158
3. Bargarh: 97
4. Bhadrak: 11
5. Bolangir: 93
6. Boudh: 5
7. Cuttack: 58
8. Deogarh: 9
9. Dhenkanal: 2
10. Gajapati: 14
11. Ganjam: 9
12. Jagatsinghpur: 9
13. Jajpur: 38
14. Jharsuguda: 43
15. Kalahandi: 114
16. Kandhamal: 8
17. Kendrapara: 2
18. Keonjhar: 53
19. Khurda: 204
20. Koraput: 9
21. Malkangiri: 3
22. Mayurbhanj: 39
23. Nabarangpur: 80
24. Nayagarh: 7
25. Nuapada: 96
26. Puri: 54
27. Rayagada: 35
28. Sambalpur: 121
29. Subarnapur: 13
30. Sundargarh: 268
31. 31. State Pool: 46

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