Of the new cases, 128 were detected from among the quarantined persons, while the rest 98 were found as local contacts.
Among districts, Khurda recorded the highest 114 cases, followed by Cuttack 15, Sundargarh 11, Balasore 10, Jajpur eight, Sambalpur seven, Mayurbhanj six, Bhadrak and Jagatsinghpur four each, Kalahandi, Kendrapada and Nayagarh three each, Ganjam, Koraput and Malkangiri two each and Bargarh, Boudh, Deogarh, Dhenkanal and Puri one positive each.
Besides, 27 cases were detected from the State Pool.
During the period, 236 patients recovered from the Covid, taking the State’s total recoveries to 10,34,995.
Active cases stood at 2,657.