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Odisha total number of COVID-19 positive cases reaching 7545

Bhubaneswar2/7/20:: Odisha reported 229 new cases Thursday with the total number of COVID-19 positive cases reaching 7545, the I & PR Department informed.

Of the 229 fresh cases, 193 are reported to be home quarantine cases while the remaining 36 are local contacts cases.

Ganjam continues to report the highest number of cases from Odisha with 95 cases reported Thursday. Trailing Ganjam are Balasore, Jajpur and Khordha with 24, 22 and 21 cases respectively. The number of positive cases from the other districts are Cuttack(12), Sundargarh(17), Jharsaguda(10). Bolnagir has reported 7 cases while Nayagarh, Puri and Boudh have reported five, four and three cases respectively. Mayurbhanj has two cases whereas the tally of Deogarh, Gajapati, Jagatsinghpur, Koraput and Angul stands at one case each.

With this, the total active cases in the state stands at 2157 while 5353 people have recovered from the infection so far. The total number of recoveries reported Thursday stands at 164.

The number of deceased reached 27 after two new death cases, one a 49 years old male of Ganjam and the other a 57 year old from Angul district, were reported Thursday, informed the I & PR Department.

Odisha has now tested a cumulative total of 274672 cases.

Positive Cases
District Positive Recovered Active Deceased Oth. Death
Ganjam 1567 1090 461 15 1
Khurdha 868 666 195 5 2
Cuttack 620 491 124 4 1
Jajpur 537 383 154 0 0
Gajapati 442 212 230 0 0
Balasore 377 306 70 0 1
Jagatsinghpur 299 209 90 0 0
Puri 272 213 57 1 1
Kendrapara 251 226 25 0 0
Bhadrak 232 224 8 0 0
Sundergarh 217 164 53 0 0
Mayurbhanj 215 154 60 0 1
Balangir 194 153 41 0 0
Kandhamal 178 175 3 0 0
Nayagarh 163 129 34 0 0
Keonjhar 146 95 51 0 0
Jharsuguda 118 48 70 0 0
Baragarh 110 57 52 1 0
Malkangiri 106 52 54 0 0
Nuapada 82 78 4 0 0
Dhenkanal 80 56 24 0 0
Kalahandi 71 70 1 0 0
Angul 71 57 13 1 0
Deogarh 62 41 21 0 0
Sambalpur 56 24 32 0 0
Koraput 48 25 23 0 0
Boudh 45 40 5 0 0
Nawarangpur 42 12 29 0 1
Rayagada 39 17 22 0 0
Sonepur 37 35 2 0 0

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