The State had reported the same 424 Covid-19 cases yesterday.
While Cuttack maintained its upward trend in Corona infection today Khurda and Sundergarh districts witnessed a negligible decrease in the daily cases. As a new entrant to the high infection districts Balasore saw 29 fresh cases today.
Infection among 0-18 years have also decreased with 47 new cases against the figure remaining at 67 yesterday.
While 246 cases have been reported from quarantined people, 178 are local contact cases, according to the latest data of the Health Department.
Khordha district reported the maximum number of fresh cases at 151, followed by Cuttack at 66, Balasore 29, Sundargarh at 27, Sambalpur 22, Jharsuguda 14, Puri 12, Jagatsinghpur 8, Sonepur 7, Bolangir, Dhenkanal and Jajpur 6 each, Bargarh, Nabarangpur, Nayagarh 5 each, Deogarh and Mayurbhanj 4 each, Ganjam and Koraput 3 each, Kalahandi, Kendrapara, Malkangiri, and Rayagada 2 each, Bhadrak and Keonjhar 1 each.
Apart from that, 31 cases were also reported from the State Pool today.
With this, the Covid-19 tally of the State has increased to 10,55,980 . So far, a total of 10,45,109 people of the State have been recovered from Covid-19.
The active cases of the State currently stand at 2,355, the Health Department added.
