Bhubaneswar: Maintaining a downward trend, Odisha on Tuesday witnessed a further decline in daily Covid-19 cases. As per the I&PR department, the State registered 1201 new cases of coronavirus infections taking the positive tally to 294415. This apart, 12 more people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, pushing the toll to 1352.
Of the fresh cases, 697 are from quarantine and 504 are local contacts. Khordha, with 132 new positives, is the only district which has registered more than 100 cases.
As per the data, Khordha district saw 132 new cases, followed by Mayurbhanj and Jagatsinghpur (73 each), Cuttack (69), Sundargarh (67).
Giving jitters to the locals, Ganjam district has once again reported a surge in the daily infections as the number which hovered around 10-20 over the last few days suddenly went up to 61 today.
Meanwhile, the State health and family welfare department…