Odisha Highest Single Day Spike

Bhubaneswar : As many as 304 positive cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Odisha in a single day, as reported by the Information & Public Relations Department on Sunday. They include 42 personnel of Odisha Fire Services and NDRF who had recently returned from Amphan duty in West Bengal.

Out of the new positive cases, 272 were in quarantine and 32 are local contacts. The district-wise cases are mentioned as under:

1. Khurdha: 05
2. Malkangiri: 02
3. Cuttack: 13
4. Nayagarh: 3
5. Jagatsinghpur: 29
6. Jharsuguda: 25
7. Balasore: 17
8. Dhenkanal: 1
9: Sonepur: 4
10: Kandhamal: 12
11. Bhadrak: 11
12. Bargarh: 14
13. Jajpur: 21
14. Ganjam: 40
15. Gajapati: 47
16. Puri: 3
17. Sundargarh: 1
18. Sambalpur: 2
19. Bolangir: 1
20. Mayurbhanj: 6
21: Kendrapada: 5
22. Fire & NDRF Personnel: 42
(Returned from Amphan Duty, WB)

With this, the total number of positive cases in Odisha stands at 5160, out of which 1607 are active cases and 3534 have recovered.