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.
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.
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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