Bhubaneswar : As many as 2898 persons tested positive for Covid-19 on August 19 in Odisha, the health department said on Thursday.
When 1792 cases were reported from quarantine centres, 1106 were local contacts.
The corona tally reached 70,020 in the state with detection of the new cases.
District wise cases
- Angul: 16
- Balasore: 140
- Bargarh: 9
- Bhadrak: 107
- Balangir: 173
- Boudh: 1
- Cuttack: 241
- Deogarh: 3
- Dhenkanal: 44
- Gajapati: 53
- Ganjam: 226
- Jagatsinghpur: 84
- Jajpur: 69
- Jharsuguda: 49
- Kalahandi: 76
- Kandhamal: 63
- Kendrapada: 57
- Keonjhar: 35
- Khurda: 524
- Koraput: 132
- Malkangiri: 56
- Mayurbhanj: 53
- Nawarangpur: 37
- Nayagarh: 232
- Nuapada: 8
- Puri: 104
- Rayagada: 105
- Sambalpur: 77
- Sonepur: 23
- Sundargarh: 101