Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Tuesday reported 647 new cases of coronavirus taking the overall positive case tally in the State to 18757.
Of the total cases, 431 were detected from various quarantine facilities while the remaining 216 cases are local contacts.
The highest number of 225 cases were reported from Ganjam followed by 84 from Cuttack, 68 from Khurda, 47 from Rayagada, 40 from Balasore and 37 from Angul.
Similarly, Koraput reported 28 cases, Sundergarh 22, Kendrapada 13, Bhadrak 12, Dhenkanal, Malkangiri and Sambalpur 10 cases each, Keonjhar 8, Jagatsinghpur 7, Kandhamal and Bolangir 5 cases each, Bargarh and Nayagarh 4 cases each, Mayurbhanj 3, Nabarangpur and Jajpur 2 cases each and Sonepur 1 case.
The active cases in the State stand at 5715 while 12,910 persons have so far recovered from the disease.
