Cuttack sees rise in COVID-19 cases

Cuttack (Reporters Today Bureau): Major spike in COVID-19 cases reported  Odisha’s Cuttack district as 25 more persons tested positive for the virus during the last 24 hours.

According to the officials, Odisha, in the last 24 hours reported 84 fresh COVID-19 cases.

Out of the 84 new cases, 49 were detected in quarantine while 35 are local contact cases. With this, the number of active COVID cases in the state surge to 661.

District-wise details of the fresh cases are given below:

Covid-19 Report For 17th March

New Positive Cases: 84
In quarantine: 49
Local contacts: 35

(Details of local contacts will be shared by concerned Dist Administration)

District Wise Cases:

1. Angul: 4
2. Balasore: 1
3. Bargarh: 9
4. Bhadrak: 1
5. Cuttack: 25
6. Ganjam: 2

— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) March 18, 2021

7. Jagatsinghpur: 2
8. Jajpur: 5
9. Kalahandi: 3
10. Khurda: 4
11. Koraput: 1
12. Mayurbhanj: 3
13. Nawarangpur: 1
14. Puri: 3
15. Rayagada: 5
16. Sambalpur: 4

— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) March 18, 2021

17. Sundargarh: 10
18. State Pool: 1

New recoveries: 61
Cumulative tested: 8712117
Positive: 338489
Recovered: 335857
Active cases: 661

— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) March 18, 2021