Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Tuesday reported 647 new cases of coronavirus taking the overall positive case tally in the State to 18757.
Of the total cases, 431 were detected from various quarantine facilities while the remaining 216 cases are local contacts.
The highest number of 225 cases were reported from Ganjam followed by 84 from Cuttack, 68 from Khurda, 47 from Rayagada, 40 from Balasore and 37 from Angul.
Similarly, Koraput reported 28 cases, Sundergarh 22, Kendrapada 13, Bhadrak 12, Dhenkanal, Malkangiri and Sambalpur 10 cases each, Keonjhar 8, Jagatsinghpur 7, Kandhamal and Bolangir 5 cases each, Bargarh and Nayagarh 4 cases each, Mayurbhanj 3, Nabarangpur and Jajpur 2 cases each and Sonepur 1 case.
A total of 8,042 samples were tested in Odisha in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative number of tests conducted so far to 4,01,644. The active cases in the State stand at 5714 while 12,910 persons have recovered from the disease.