The fresh cases include 53 children in the age group of 0-18 years. While 265 cases were reported from among quarantined people, the rest 188 cases were detected as local contacts.
Among districts, Khurda reported highest 201 cases followed by Cuttack 59, Jagatsinghpur 24, Mayurbhanj 22, Puri 19, Sambalpur 18, Balasore 17, Jajpur 13, Sundargarh six, Bhadrak and Kendrapada four each, Deogarh, Koraput, Nayagarh and Rayagada three each, Ganjam two and Angul, Bargarh, Balangir, Boudh, Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda and Keonjhar once case each.
Besides, 45 cases were reported from the State Pool.
The department too informed that 590 Covid19 patients recovered yesterday, taking the State’s total recoveries to 10,15,608. Active cases stood at 4,935. A total of 2,02,95,168 testes have so far been done to detect Covid19 cases in the State.
