Bhubaneswar : As many as 2949 persons tested positive for Covid-19 on August 23 in Odisha, the health department said on Monday. When 1826 cases were reported from quarantine centres, 1123 were local contacts.
The corona tally reached 81,479 in the state with detection of the new cases.
District wise cases
1. Angul: 1
2. Balasore: 88
3. Bargarh: 62
4. Bhadrak: 66
5. Balangir: 57
6. Boudh: 3
7. Cuttack: 589
8. Deogarh: 2
9. Dhenkanal: 13
10. Gajapati: 3
11. Ganjam: 179
12. Jagatsinghpur: 51
13. Jajpur: 215
14. Jharsuguda: 20
15. Kalahandi: 30
16. Kandhamal: 34
17. Kendrapada: 56
18. Keonjhar: 30
19. Khurda: 474
20. Koraput: 181
21. Malkangiri: 78
22. Mayurbhanj: 156
23. Nawarangpur: 26
24. Nayagarh: 93
25. Nuapada: 2
26. Puri: 86
27. Rayagada: 143
28. Sambalpur: 104
29. Sonepur: 26
30. Sundargarh: 81