Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 2,110 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 9,47,859. The active caseload in the state now stands at 22,299. Out of the 2,110 new infections, 1,213 were reported from quarantine centres while 897 persons contracted the virus locally.
Odisha reported 66 new fatalities as of Wednesday taking total tally in the state to 4,861 as per a tweet of Health and Family Welfare department posted Thursday morning.
Khurda district registered the highest number of new Covid-19 cases with 458 persons testing positive for the disease. It was followed by Cuttack with 323 new infections.
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Other districts that reported fresh Covid-19 cases are: Angul (46), Balasore (168), Bargarh (14), Bhadrak (79), Bolangir (13), Boudh (16), Deogarh (5), Dhenkanal (35), Gajapati (11), Ganjam (16), Jagatsinghpur (67), Jajpur (92), Jharsuguda (10), Kalahandi (7), Kandhamal (12), Kendrapara (132), Keonjhar (66), Koraput (19), Malkangiri (22), Mayurbhanj (99), Nabarangpur (10), Nayagarh (74), Nuapada (2), Puri (113), Rayagada (29), Sambalpur (19), Subarnapur (4) and Sundargarh (62).
The State Pool reported 87 new cases. These are persons who have come from outside Odisha and have tested positive.
A total of 1,48,45,260 swab samples have been cumulatively tested so far. The number of new recoveries stands at 2,605.
PNN