As many as 1,784 more persons tested positive for Covid-19 in the State during the last 24 hours, official sources said on Tuesday.
Out of the new cases, 1,035 were detected in quarantine while 749 were local contact cases. Besiddes, 46 cases were from the State pool. With this, the total positives’ tally in the State surged to 3,53,086.
This was the fifth consecutive day the State recorded more than 1,000 new cases. Nuapada district reported the day’s highest 303 cases followed by Sundargarh with 241, Khordha with 201 and Sambalpur 114 cases.
Currently, the active cases stood at 10,503 while the cumulative samples tested were 94, 28,469.However, 523 patients recovered till Tuesday, taking the total recoveries to 3,41,123 in the State.