Odisha reports 4,851 new Covid cases, 50% in five districts

BHUBANESWAR: The five districts of Khurda, Sundargarh, Nuapada, Bargarh and Cuttack account for half of the state’s Covid caseload as daily infections inched towards the 5000 mark. On Wednesday, the state registered 4,851 fresh positive cases with Khurda district reporting the highest 703 infections.
Besides western districts, coastal and southern districts of Puri (223), Ganjam (151) and Keonjhar (166) have reported cases in triple digits. Other districts, which have reported significant number of cases include Jharsuguda (290), Angul (111), Balangir (227), Nabarangpur (194) and Sambalpur (171).
Khurda (5,021) has left behind Sundargarh (4,894) in terms of cumulative active cases in the past two days. Eleven districts have active cases in four digits taking the states total active cases to 30,927.
Every block in Nuapada has reported more than 100 cases with Kharia, Sinapali, Nuapada and Komna blocks having majority of infected. Khariar block has the highest 967 active cases. In Khurda, barring Chilika, all six blocks have reported 100 plus cases with highest so far reported from the capital city. However, Bhubaneswar’s daily contribution to Khurda’s caseload has come down from 90% to 65% with rural pockets of the district witnessing a surge.
“We have started community awareness programme in the blocks bordering the capital city as those blocks are witnessing more cases. Besides, we have started isolating those who are returning from outside by opening temporary medical centre (TMC) like last year so that the virus doesn’t spread further,” said Khurda district collector Sanat Mohanty.
Sundargarh’s Lephripara, Tangarpali, Subdega, Bargaon, Rajgangpur, Bisra and Lahunipada blocks continue to report more than 100 Covid positive cases daily. The 10 western Odisha districts, where night curfew has been imposed and weekend shutdown is in force have together reported 2,084 cases.
The state on Wednesday conducted tests on 38,548 samples out of which 4,851 returned positive, raising the case positivity to 12%. On Wednesday, the state reported five more Covid deaths, taking the toll to 1,958.
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