Bhubaneswar, The covid tally in Odisha today jumped to 75,537 with the detection of 2819 fresh cases while recovery crossed 50K marks after a record 1927 cured on Friday last.Meanwhile, nine more covid patients succumbed to the virus while under treatment in Covid hospitals during the last 24 hours taking the covid casualties in the state to 399, one short from 400.Health and family Welfare department sources said during the last 24 hours a record 61379 tests were conducted in the state out of which 2819 were found infected with coronavirus.They included 1675 from the quarantine centres and a record 1023 as local contact cases.The covid cases were detected from 29 of the total 30 districts in the state.
Khordha district had reported 443 positive cases during the last 24 hours, highest in the state followed by Cuttack (257), Mayurbhanj(219),Ganjam (192), Rayagada (147), Sambalpur (145), and Bargarh( 136)
At least eleven of the total 30 districts in the state have reported more than 100 covid positive cases,three of them – Khordha,Cuttack and Mayurbhanj have registered over 200 covod positive cases on a single day.Among the nine casualties reported in the state, Cuttack district accounted for three followed by Sundargarh(2) and one each from Bolangir,Ganjam, Malkangiri and Rayagada district.The covid death toll in Ganjam district registered 171, highest in the state followed by Khordha(54), Sundargarh ( 26),Cuttack(22),Rayagada (18), Gajpati (16) and ten each in Puri and Nayagarh district.Ganjam district had so far reported highest number of 16,078 covid positive cases followed by Khordha (11,288),Cuttack(5174),Sundargarh ( 3738),Rayagada (2693),Gajapati ( 2603),Puri(2435) and Nayagarh( 2001)With regards to active cases in the state Khordha district has the maximum number of 4983 cases followed by Ganjam (1936), Cuttack(1800),Rayagada (1310),Sundargarh (1200),Balasore, ( 1093)and Puri (1038 ).So far till midnight of August 21,as high as 12,33,805 samples have been tested in Odisha of which 75 537have been found infected with coronavirus.While 50,503 of them have been cured and discharged from the hospitals, 24582 active cases are under treatment in various covid hospitals. The Covid 19 has so far claimed 399 lives in the state and 53 covid patients have also died in the state due to reasons other than covid.