Bhubaneswar: In the last 24 hours, Odisha has recorded 276 new Covid-19 cases, of which 55 are in the age group of newborn to 18 years, taking total tally in the state to 10,43,745. Active caseload in the state now stands at 3,134.
Odisha also reported four (04) new fatalities in the last 24 hours taking total tally in the state to 8,361 as per a tweet of Health and Family Welfare department posted Monday morning. The state had reported three (03) Covid-19 fatalities Sunday.
Khurda reported highest deaths (two). It was followed by Ganjam and Puri districts (one each).
Out of the 276 new infections, 159 were reported from quarantine centres while 117 persons contracted the virus locally. The state had registered 318 cases of coronavirus infections Sunday.
Khurda district registered the highest number of new cases with 138 persons testing positive for the disease. It was followed by Cuttack with 17 new infections.
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Other districts that reported fresh Covid-19 cases are: Balasore (15), Dhenkanal and Jajpur (10 each), Gajapati (eight), Sambalpur (seven), Kendrapara and Puri (six each), Jagatsinghpur and Sundargarh (five each), Bolangir and Nuapada (four each), Bhadrak (three), Kalahandi, Mayurbhanj and Nayagarh (two each) and Subarnapur (one).
The State Pool reported 31 new cases. These are persons who have come from outside Odisha and have tested positive.
A total of 2,24,71,004 swab samples have been cumulatively tested so far. The number of recoveries in the last 24 hours stands at 347.
PNN
