Odisha Reports 3384 New COVID-19 Cases, Tally Breaches 90K Mark

Bhubaneswar: Odisha continues to witness a rise in COVID-19 cases with the State reporting 3,384 new virus cases in the last 24 hours pushing the tally to 90,986. The death toll has risen to 448 as seven more patients succumbed to the virus.

Of the new cases, 2,128 were reported from quarantine centres and 1,256 are local contact cases.

According to Information and Public Relations department, Khordha reported the highest 587 cases followed by Cuttack (492), Sambalpur (182), Jajpur (176), Ganjam (177) and Mayurbhanj (177).

Khordha with 587 cases & Cuttack with 492 positives are the two worst-hit districts in terms of new #COVID19 cases in #Odisha today.

Of the record spike of 3384 new cases, 2128 positives reported from quarantine while 1256 are local contacts. pic.twitter.com/Yny55jUayz

— OTV (@otvnews) August 27, 2020

With the spike in COVID-19 cases, the active case count stands at 27,672, while 62,813 have so far recovered from the disease.

According to Health and Family Welfare department, Sambalpur reported three deaths, while Bargarh witnessed two, and Bhubneswar and Bhadrak registered one death each.

#COVID19 death toll rises to 448 in #Odisha after 7 more patients succumb to the disease in last 24 hours.

3 from Sambalpur
2 form Bargarh
1 each from Bhubaneswar & Bhadrak

(Health Dept)

— OTV (@otvnews) August 27, 2020

While Ganjam and Sundargarh reported two deaths each; Balasore, Balangir, Cuttack, Gajapati and Khordha witnessed one death each.

The deceased include:

• A 75-year-old male of Sambalpur district who was also suffering from Diabetes.
• A 58-year-old male of Sambalpur district who was also suffering from Hypertension, Hyponatremia
•  A 60-year-old female of Sambalpur district
• A 76-year-old female of Bargarh district who was also suffering from Hypertension, Diabetes
• A 65-year-old male of Bargarh district who was also suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease
• A 60-year-old male of Bhadrak district
• A 62-year-old female of Bhubaneswar who was also suffering from Hypertension, Diabetes, Coronary Artery Disease, Hypothyroidism, morbid obesity

The Health Department informed that 68,090 COVID-19 tests – 7,288 RT-PCR, 60,886 antigen tests and 116 TruNat-based tests were conducted in the State in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative test count to 15,53,257.

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