Bhubaneswar (SunstarTV Bureau): Once again, Odisha witnessing the sharp increase in COVID-19 cases during one day with 3,554 infections, informed the State Information and Public Relations department (I&PR) on Saturday.
Of new cases, 2028 were reported from different quarantine centres and 1526 were the local contacts.
Khordha district continued to stand in top place with 651 single-day cases followed by Cuttack district with 501 and Balasore district with 271 cases, the daily cases slightly dropped in Jajpur that reported 256 cases in last 24 hours.
Here is the district wise cases recorded:
1. Angul: 133
2. Balasore: 271
3. Bargarh: 31
4. Bhadrak: 158
5. Balangir: 31
6. Boudh: 33
7. Cuttack: 501
8. Deogarh: 8
9. Dhenkanal: 56
10. Gajapati: 24
11. Ganjam: 22
12. Jagatsinghpur: 145
13. Jajpur: 256
14. Jharsuguda: 11
15. Kalahandi: 21
16. Kandhamal: 38
17. Kendrapada: 119
18. Keonjhar: 65
19. Khurda: 651
20. Koraput: 69
21. Malkangiri: 61
22. Mayurbhanj: 196
23. Nawarangpur: 22
24. Nayagarh: 100
25. Nuapada: 20
26. Puri: 233
27. Rayagada: 61
28. Sambalpur: 18
29. Sonepur: 29
30. Sundargarh: 71
31. State Pool: 100
