Bhubaneswar: As many as 363 new positive cases of COVID-19 were detected in Odisha till midnight of December 20 (Sunday), while three more have succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours till Monday morning.
As per the Information & Public Relations Department, among the new cases, 208 are in Quarantine and 155 are Local contacts. With this, the number of positive cases in Odisha stands at 326596.
The number of district-wise cases is mentioned as under.
1. Angul: 23
2. Balasore: 20
3. Bargarh: 11
4. Bhadrak: 7
5. Balangir: 8
6. Boudh: 3
7. Cuttack: 22
8. Dhenkanal: 1
9. Gajapati: 1
10. Ganjam: 5
11. Jagatsinghpur: 1
12. Jajpur: 13
13. Jharsuguda: 12
14. Kalahandi: 7
15. Kendrapada: 10
16. Keonjhar: 12
17. Khurda: 50
18. Koraput: 1
19. Malkangiri: 2
20. Mayurbhanj: 17
21. Nawarangpur: 3
22. Nayagarh: 2
23. Nuapada: 7
24. Puri: 27
25. Sambalpur: 35
26. Sonepur: 1
27. Sundargarh: 50
28. State Pool: 12
The Health & Family Welfare Department mentioned that three Covid positive patients succumbed while under treatment in hospitals. The details of the deceased persons are as under.
1. A 20-year-old female of Kalahandi district who was also suffering from Hepatitis.
2. A 43-year-old male of Sundargarh district who was also suffering from Hypertension.
3. A 45-year-old male of Sundargarh district.
