993 MORE TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19

993 MORE TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19

993 MORE TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID-19

Bhubaneswar, Aug 18: 993 Covid-19 positive cases were found in the State in the last 24 hours thereby taking the total infection count in the state to 997146 on Wednesday.

From these fresh cases, 578 were detected from quarantines whereas the rest 415 came as the local contacts.

According to the data furnished on its Twitter account of the Information and Public Relations Department, the new cases were detected from 30 districts of the State.

District Wise Cases:


1. Angul: 18 

2. Balasore: 30 

3. Bargarh: 10

4. Bhadrak: 12 

5. Balangir: 13 

6. Boudh: 1 

7. Cuttack: 95 

8. Deogarh: 4 

9. Dhenkanal: 32 

10. Gajapati: 1 

11. Ganjam: 5 

12. Jagatsinghpur: 51 

13. Jajpur: 60 

14. Jharsuguda: 2 

15. Kalahandi: 1 

16. Kandhamal: 7 

17. Kendrapada: 15 

18. Keonjhar: 10 

19. Khurda: 419 

20. Koraput: 1

21. Malkangiri: 1 

22. Mayurbhanj: 42 

23. Nawarangpur: 1 

24. Nayagarh: 16 

25. Nuapada: 1 

26. Puri: 25 

27. Rayagada: 3 

28. Sambalpur: 11 

29. Sonepur: 5 

30. Sundargarh: 8 

Besides, 93 cases were reported from the State pool.