As many as 34 persons, most of them returnees from Surat, tested Covid-19 positive on Thursday, taking the total number of cases in the State to 219.
This is the highest number of cases reported in a day.
The highest number of 24 cases was reported from Ganjam district. All of them are returnees from Surat and are on quarantine. Out of them, 23 are men and only one is a woman. With this, the total cases in the district rose to 28.
After a few days’ lull, three cases were reported from capital city Bhubaneswar. The cases include a 36-year-old man from Mancheswar, a 34-year-old man from VSS Nagar and a 67-year-old man from Surya Nagar.
Their contact tracing and follow-up action is being carried out, said the Information and Public Relations Department.
With the new cases, the total cases in Khordha district rose to 50; and all patients are residents of Bhubaneswar. The active cases in the city is 16 while 32 have recovered and two have died.
For the first time, four persons were found positive in Mayubhanj district. All of them have returned from Surat and were on quarantine.
Two persons tested positive in Baleswar district. While one of them is a 26-year–old man, another is a 29-year-old man. Both of them had also returned from Surat. With this the total cases climbed to 27 in the district.
A 70-year-old man, with a travel history to West Bengal, tested positive in Jagatsinghpur district, taking the district’s tally to five.
However, one more person in Bhubaneswar recovered on the day, taking the total recoveries to 63 in the State.