Biggest ever jump in COVID-19 cases pushes Odisha tally over 2000-mark

Bhubaneswar: As many as 156 novel coronavirus cases were detected in Odisha on Monday, the highest single-day spike till date, taking the State's tally to 2104. With this, total the number of active coronavirus cases in the State rose to 969 while recoveries stood at 1126 and seven fatalities, according to the State Health and Family Welfare Department.

Out of the total 156 new COVID-19 cases detected today, Kendrapara reported the highest 50 cases while Cuttack reported 20 cases followed by Ganjam 17, Jagatsinghpur 14, Jajpur 11, Kandhamal 9 and Bhadrak 7 cases.

Similarly, three each cases were detected from Khurda, Nayagarh, Sundergarh, Nuapada, Mayurbhanj, Bargarh and Sonepur districts, two cases each from Bolangir, Sambalpur and one case each from Boudh, Keonjhar and Malkangiri districts.

Out of total 156 #COVID19 cases detected in #Odisha today, Kendrapara reports highest 50 cases followed by Cuttack (20), Ganjam (17), Jagatsinghpur (14), Kandhamal (9) & Bhadrak (7)

Cases reported in other districts 👇👇 pic.twitter.com/0oyFEgV6dS

— OTV (@otvnews) June 1, 2020

Meanwhile, a total of 3559 RT-PCR tests were conducted in the State the last 24 hours in Odisha taking the State’s cumulative to 155690.

3559 samples tested in #Odisha in the last 24 hours, 156 tested #COVID19 positive

Cumulative RT-PCR tests: 155690
Total positive cases: 2104
Active cases: 969
Recovered: 1126
Deaths: 7

-- State H&FW Dept#COVID19India #OdishaFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/mv5amowCmm

— OTV (@otvnews) June 1, 2020

On Sunday, Odisha reported a total 129 new coronavirus cases while 76 coronavirus patients recovered from the disease.

Out of the total recoveries, 17 COVID-19 patients recovered from Kendrapara, 16 recovered from Ganjam, 11 each from Nayagarh and Kalahandi, 5 from Jajpur, 3 each from Balasore and Mayurbhanj, 2 each from Angul and Jagatsinghpur and 1 each from Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Malkangiri, Puri, Sambalpur and Sundargarh.

(Ramakanta Biswas)

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