Bhubaneswar, Jul 03 :
Odisha reported 2917 fresh covid cases from all the 30 districts in the past 24 hours taking the total tally in the state to 9,19,026 while 45 more people died pushing the total fatalities to 4154.
For the fourth time, Odisha reported a daily covid load of less than 3 K over the last two months. Earlier on June 21, 24 and 28, the state registered less than 3000 covid cases.
Health and Family Welfare department sources said in the past 24 hours 1677 new infections were reported from the quarantine centres and 1240 as local contact cases.
Khordha district registered the highest number of 540 cases followed by Cuttack(442), Balasore( 237) and Jajpur ( 218 ).
As many as five districts- Bolangir, Deogarh, Ganjam, Jharsuguda have reported single-digit covid cases in the past 24 hours.
Meanwhile, the covid fatalities in the state surged to 4154 as 45 more covid patients under treatment succumbed to the virus from 16 districts with Khordha registering the highest number of 9 deaths followed by 5 each in Cuttack and Bargarh and four in Dhenkanal.
Sources said 3265 covid patients were cured on Friday taking the total recoveries in the state to 8,84,262 while the active cases marginally reduced to 30,557.[
