Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded its highest ever surge in daily COVID-19 cases on Friday with 12,238 new infections reported in the last 24 hours.
With the new cases, the state’s COVID-19 tally rose to 5,12,400. As of Friday morning, the number of active cases in Odisha stood at 86,950.
Among the districts, the highest number of cases were recorded in Sundargarh with 2,073 new infections followed by Khurda (1,828) and Cuttack (916).
The district wise break-up is:
Angul: 480
Balasore: 437
Bargarh: 475
Bhadrak: 381
Balangir: 260
Boudh: 128
Cuttack: 916
Deogarh: 60
Dhenkanal: 142
Gajapati: 91
Ganjam: 312
Jagatsinghpur: 168
Jajpur: 318
Jharsuguda: 306
Kalahandi: 580
Kandhamal: 69
Kendrapada: 192
Keonjhar: 179
Khurda: 1828
Koraput: 130
Malkangiri: 60
Mayurbhanj: 257
Nawarangpur: 282
Nayagarh: 194
Nuapada: 290
Puri: 369
Rayagada: 201
Sambalpur: 544
Sonepur: 159
Sundargarh: 2073
State Pool: 357
Besides, the state pool has 357 cases.
