The total number of coronavirus cases jumped to 271 in the State with as many as 52 persons testing positive on Friday. Ganjam district again topped the chart with 43 cases, a majority of them returnees from Surat and all males.
With the fresh cases, the total number of infected persons rose to 71 in Ganjam district, which is the highest in the State.
Five more persons tested positive in Kendrapada district. They included a 32-year-old-man, 33-year-old-man, a 27-year-old-man, a 35-year-old man and a 31-year-old man, all Surat returnees and are symptomatic. The total number of persons found positive in the district rose to eight.
Three more cases were reported from Bhadrak district. Two of the patients belong to Dhamnagar and Basudevpur blocks, respectively. Both had recently returned from Gujarat and are since in institutional quarantine. The third one is also a Surat returnee. With this, the total cases in the district surged to 24.
One more person was also detected positive in Khordha district, increasing the total number of affected persons to 51 in the district.
However, one more person recovered from the disease in Rourkela, taking the total number of recoveries to 63 in the State, according to the Health and Family Welfare Department.
Meanwhile, a truck driver from Mumbai tested positive for Covid-19 in Odisha after a road mishap.
The 42-year-old man sustained injuries in the accident and was admitted to the AIIMS-Bhubaneswar. He later tested positive for the virus.
However, the case would not be added to the Covid-19 tally of Odisha as it would be counted in Maharashtra, sources said.