Bhubaneswar: Covid-19 cases continue to surge in Odisha as nine more deaths and 4,209 new positive cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
With this, the Covid-19 death toll in the State rose to 691, while the cumulative caseload jumped to 1,75,550, including 37,239 active cases and 1,37,567 recoveries till Saturday, informed the State Health and Family Welfare Department.
Bargarh reported two deaths, while Bhadrak, Bolangir, Cuttack, Gajapati, Puri, Rayagada and Sambalpur districts reported one death each.
Of the fresh cases reported from across 30 districts, 2,441were detected from various quarantine centres while 1,768 were local contact cases.
#Khordha reports maximum 663 #COVID19 cases; district-wise details of positive cases detected in #Odisha in last 24 hours pic.twitter.com/VLTyeFUV84
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