Odisha reports 1320 new Covid-19 cases

Bhubaneswar: In another huge spike, Odisha reported 1320 new Covid-19 positive cases in the last 24 hours, informed the health department on Saturday.

With this, the total tally of positive cases in the state reached 24,013.

While 887 cases have been reported from different quarantine centres, remaining 433 are local contacts.

Ganjam district continue to report highest positive cases.

The fresh cases have been reported from 24  districts- Angul: 6, Balasore: 23, Bargarh: 14, Bhadrak: 28, Balangir: 9, Cuttack: 47, Deogarh: 1, Gajapati: 90, Ganjam: 560, Jagatsinghpur: 3, Jajpur: 23, Jharsuguda: 2, Kalahandi: 1, Kandhamal: 39, Kendrapada: 1, Keonjhar: 24, Khordha: 174, Koraput: 30, Nayagarh: 38, Nuapada: 4, Puri: 90, Rayagada: 65, Sonepur: 1 and  Sundargarh: 47.

The number of active cases in the state mounted to 8650 while 15200 patients have recovered so far.