Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 1,993 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 9,41,745. The active caseload in the state now stands at 24,567. Out of the 1,993 new infections, 1,154 were reported from quarantine centres while 839 persons contracted the virus locally.
However, the rate of fatality continued to remain high with the state reporting 63 new fatalities in the last 24 hours. The toll in Odisha now stands at 4,662 as per a tweet posted by the Health and Family Welfare department.
Khurda district registered the highest number of new Covid-19 cases with 322 persons testing positive for the disease. It was followed by Cuttack with 297 new infections.
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Other districts that reported fresh Covid-19 cases are: Angul (58), Balasore (181), Bargarh (19), Bhadrak (86), Bolangir (13), Boudh (10), Deogarh (5), Dhenkanal (44), Gajapati (5), Ganjam (13), Jagatsinghpur (89), Jajpur (141), Jharsuguda (10), Kalahandi (8), Kandhamal (13), Kendrapara (29), Keonjhar (35), Koraput (31), Malkangiri (42), Mayurbhanj (110), Nabarangpur (15), Nayagarh (78), Nuapada (6), Puri (144), Rayagada (24), Sambalpur (14), Subarnapur (17) and Sundargarh (75).
The State Pool reported 59 new cases. These are persons who have come from outside Odisha and have tested positive.
A total of 1,46,41,241 swab samples have been cumulatively tested so far. The number of new recoveries stands at 2,824.
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