At par with the country’s rising Covid-19 graph on Saturday, Odisha registered as many as 11,807 fresh new positive cases in last 24 hours. While 6,613 cases were reported from quarantine centres, 5,194 were local contacts.
And during the last 24 hours, the State reported the highest-ever single-day Covid death figure of 21. For the second consecutive day, Sundargarh district reported the highest number of 1,922 cases followed by Khordha with 1,510. Cuttack district for the first time registered over 1,000+ positive cases in a single day with a count of 1,052.
Angul district reported 560 cases, Sambalpur 533, Balangir 437, Bargarh 428, Jharsuguda 421, Nabarangpur 419, Kalahandi 402, Ganjam 341, Nuapada 286 and Baleswar 260.Among the 21 deaths, according to the Health and Family Welfare Department, Kalahandi district reported four cases; Angul, Bhadrak, Cuttack and Sundargarh reported two each and Dhenkanal, Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Keonjhar, Kendrapada, Khordha, Nuapada and Puri one each.