Bhubaneswar: Odisha today reported as many as 393 fresh COVID-19 cases while a total of 5421 samples were tested yesterday.
Sundargarh district registered highest 125 new infections, followed by Sambalpur (71) and Cuttack (65).
With this, the number of active COVID cases in the state stood at 3086.
Below are district-wise figures of the new cases.
1. Angul: 2
2. Bargarh: 3
3. Balangir: 21
4. Boudh: 6
5. Cuttack: 65
6. Deogarh: 3
7. Dhenkanal: 1
8. Ganjam: 3
9. Jagatsinghpur: 4
10. Jajpur: 1
11. Jharsuguda: 1
12. Kalahandi: 2
13. Kandhamal: 1
14. Kendrapara: 1
15. Khurda: 27
16. Koraput: 3
17. Mayurbhanj: 28
18. Nabarangpur: 3
19. Nayagarh: 3
20. Nuapada: 9
21. Puri: 1
22. Sambalpur: 71
23. Sonepur: 9
24. Sundargarh: 125
In view of the surge in COVID cases in Odisha, the State Government has made usage of mask mandatory at all health institutions for healthcare providers, officials present in meetings, people congregated in close rooms, persons providing clinical/ laboratory & other support services and people with influenza like illness.