Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 6,097 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the state to 8,37,226. The active caseload in the state now stands at 69,333. Out of the 6,097 new infections, 3,446 were reported from quarantine centres while 2,651 persons contracted the virus locally.
Khurda district registered the highest number of new Covid-19 cases with 1,017 persons testing positive for the disease. It was followed by Cuttack with 647 new infections.
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Other districts that reported fresh Covid-19 cases are: Angul (295), Balasore (392), Bargarh (107), Bhadrak (246), Bolangir (77), Boudh (130), Deogarh (28), Dhenkanal (73), Gajapati (48), Ganjam (45), Jagatsinghpur (226), Jajpur (434), Jharsuguda (42), Kalahandi (77), Kandhamal (112), Kendrapara (253), Keonjhar (123), Koraput (126), Malkangiri (84), Mayurbhanj (297), Nabarangpur (146), Nayagarh (120), Nuapada (17), Puri (291), Rayagada (120), Sambalpur (101), Subarnapur (64) and Sundargarh (208).
The State Pool reported 151 new cases. These are persons who have come from outside Odisha and have tested positive.
A total of 1,24,57,606 swab samples have been cumulatively tested so far. The number of new recoveries stands at 8,032.
PNN