Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s COVID-19 caseload climbed to 3,33,127 on Saturday with 178 more people testing positive for the disease, according to the State I&PR department data.
Of the fresh cases detected from 23 of the 30 districts, 103 were reported from different quarantine centres and the remaining are local-contact cases.
Sundergarh district recorded the highest of 30 new infections followed by Sambalpur (24) and Jharsuguda (23).
Here’s the district-wise break-up of new cases:
1. Angul: 4
2. Balasore: 7
3. Bargarh: 10
4. Bhadrak: 4
5. Balangir: 5
6. Cuttack: 4
7. Deogarh: 2
8. Gajapati: 3
9. Ganjam: 3
10. Jajpur: 7
11. Jharsuguda: 23
12. Kalahandi: 1
13. Khurda: 5
14. Koraput: 3
15. Malkangiri: 1
16. Mayurbhanj: 2
17. Nuapada: 16
18. Puri: 19
19. Rayagada: 2
20. Sambalpur: 24
21. Sonepur: 2
22. Sundargarh: 30
23. State Pool: 1
Odisha now has 2,087 active cases, while 3,29,088 people have so far recovered from the disease.
The state has thus far conducted 73,46,098 sample tests for COVID-19.
