Covid-19 positive cases cross 6000-mark in Odisha


Bhubaneswar: The Covid-19 positive cases crossed 6000-mark in Odisha as 6164 more persons infected with the virus in the last 24 hours.

Out of the fresh cases, 3575 were detected in quarantine while 2589 are local contact cases.

Khordha registered the highest number of cases as 1132 more persons in the district contracted the virus.

With this, the COVID-19 tally touched 388479 with 35075 active cases.

District-wise figures of the new cases:

1. Angul: 136

2. Balasore: 78

3. Bargarh: 236

4. Bhadrak: 71

5. Balangir: 226

6. Boudh: 38

7. Cuttack: 360

8. Deogarh: 31

9. Dhenkanal: 17

10. Gajapati: 55

11. Ganjam: 135

12. Jagatsinghpur: 63

13. Jajpur: 154

14. Jharsuguda: 355

15. Kalahandi: 452

16. Kandhamal: 23

17. Kendrapada: 48

18. Keonjhar: 205

19. Khurda: 1132

20. Koraput: 45

21. Malkangiri: 16

22. Mayurbhanj: 136

23. Nabarangpur: 207

24. Nayagarh: 99

25. Nuapada: 459

26. Puri: 286

27. Rayagada: 105

28. Sambalpur: 229

29. Sonepur: 99

30. Sundargarh: 427

31. State Pool: 241