Bhubaneswar: In a massive upsurge in Covid-19 cases, Odisha has registered 7071 positive in the last 24 hours.
The total cases include 707 in the 0-18 years age group have been found, informed the Information and Public Relations (I&PR) Department on Monday.
Among the 7071 positives, 4128 are quarantine cases and 2943 are local contacts. There are a total of 27,216 active cases. The positivity rate stands at 10.24%.
Khordha has reported the highest with 2226 cases, followed by Sundargarh (1147), Sambalpur (609), Cuttack (505) and Mayurbhanj (201).
This is the highest single-day spike since June last year.
With these cases being detected from 69,018 samples, the test positivity jumped to 10.24 per cent from 6.49 per cent the previous day.
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1. Angul: 83
2. Balasore: 198
3. Bargarh: 85
4. Bhadrak: 54
5. Balangir: 190
6. Boudh: 20
7. Cuttack: 505
8. Deogarh: 18
9. Dhenkanal: 55
10. Gajapati: 45
11. Ganjam: 111
12. Jagatsinghpur: 60
13. Jajpur: 130
14. Jharsuguda:
18. Keonjhar: 65
19. Khurda: 2226
20. Koraput: 107
21. Malkangiri: 6
22. Mayurbhanj: 201
23. Nawarangpur: 95
24. Nayagarh: 35
25. Nuapada: 26
26. Puri: 156
27. Rayagada: 36
28. Sambalpur: 609
29. Sonepur: 61
30. Sundargarh: 1147
31. State Pool: 486
On the other hand a 55 years old female of Bolangir district who was also suffering from Hypertension has succumbed to Covid-19 in Odisha, informed State Health & Family Welfare Department.
