Bhubaneswar May 16 :As many as 11732 more persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha during the last 24 hours as the tally surged to 612224.
Khurda district reported highest 1710 fresh cases, followed by Cuttack (870) and Angul (700).
With this, the number of active cases in the state mounted to 107403. A total of 56842 samples were tested in Odisha, yesterday.
Below are district-wise figures of the new cases.
1. Angul: 700
2. Balasore: 472
3. Bargarh: 363
4. Bhadrak: 414
5. Balangir: 401
6. Boudh: 277
7. Cuttack: 870
8. Deogarh: 129
9. Dhenkanal: 153
10. Gajapati: 77
11. Ganjam: 259
12. Jagatsinghpur: 330
13. Jajpur: 383
14. Jharsuguda: 391
15. Kalahandi: 274
16. Kandhamal: 84
17. Kendrapada: 139
18. Keonjhar: 220
19. Khurda: 1710
20. Koraput: 289
21. Malkangiri: 145
22. Mayurbhanj: 418
23. Nawarangpur: 417
24. Nayagarh: 261
25. Nuapada: 220
26. Puri: 390
27. Rayagada: 245
28. Sambalpur: 538
29. Sonepur: 255
30. Sundargarh: 641
31. State Pool: 267
New recoveries: 10781
Cumulative tested: 10882756
Positive: 612224
Recovered: 502455
Active cases: 107403