Bhubaneswar: May 02: Odisha reported 8015 new Corona Positive Cases in last 24 hours.Of this, 4568 are quarantine cases and rest 3447 are local contact cases.
Khurda District tops the list with 1275 cases in a day, followed by Sundergarh 735 cases, Angul 525 cases, Cuttack 482 cases, Sambalpur 441 cases, Bargarh 390 cases, Jharsuguda 386 cases,Nawarangpur 320 cases, Puri 306 cases, Nuapada 264 cases, Sonepur 207 cases, Mayurbhanj 199 cases, Balangir 198 cases, Jajpur 194 cases, Nayagarh 187 cases, Kalahandi 174 cases, Ganjam 169 cases, Rayagada 154 cases, Jagatsinghpur 149 cases, Bhadrak 145 cases, Koraput 127 cases, Gajapati 120 cases, Boudh 103 cases, Deogarh 101 cases, Balasore 100 cases, Dhenkanal 86 cases, Keonjhar 75 cases, Kendrapara 70 cases, Kandhamal 61 cases, Malkangiri 36 cases and 236 cases from State Pool.
In last 24 hours, 5,634 people recovered from the infection.
So, till date, total cases in Odisha increased to 4,62,622 and out of that, 3,91,048 people have recovered from the disease. Active cases number increased to 69,453.
Also, 14 COVID Positive patients died due the infection in last 24 hours. Out of 14, Rayagada recorded 4 fatalities, followed by 2 from Keonjhar, 1 each from Khurda, Boudh, Balangir, Bhadrak, Deogarh, Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur & Sundergarh.