Subrat Kumar Sarangi
Bhubaneswar (NVI): Total confirmed coronavirus cases in Odisha have climbed to 8,106 with 561 new positive cases in the biggest single-day spike so far, according to state Health and Family Welfare Department.
Out of the new cases detected, 424 were reported from quarantine centres while the rest 136 are local contacts.
Among the fresh cases, 560 positive cases are reported from 19 districts of Odisha and 1 case is that of an NDRF personnel who had returned from West Bengal during Amphan duty.
The new positive cases are from 19 districts of Bargarh (1), Bolangir (19), Bhadrak (1), Cuttack (1), Dhenkanal (3), Ganjam (283), Jagatsighpur (6), Jajpur (3), Jharsuguda (2), Kalahandi (5), Kendrapada (2), Keonjhar (6), Khurda (26), Koraput (4), Mayurbhanj (10), Puri (1), Rayagada (76), Sambalpur (8), Sundargarh (3), NDRF (1), as per the data of I&PR.
Ganjam district continued to be the worst-affected in Odisha with 283 cases reported from the district in a single day.
With two more fatalities reported from Ganjam, the death toll from the disease has climbed to 29 in the state.
Meanwhile, the number of active cases in the state currently stands at 2,567. As many as 3,534 patients have recovered from the disease in Odisha so far.
– RJV/ARK
