COVID-19: As daily cases breach 1,000-mark, Odisha records 78.82% spike in 24 hours
The Hindu
Khordha district remained the epicentre as 456 persons were found to be infected comprising 37.5% of State’s caseload.
Odisha on Wednesday, January 5, 2022, reported 1,216 new registering 78.82% rise in 24 hours.
On Tuesday, 680 cases were reported from the State. Khordha district remained the epicentre as 456 persons were found to be infected comprising 37.5% of State’s caseload. Sundargarh followed Khordha with 166 cases. Other districts where cases were rising rapidly include Sambalpur, Jajpur, Cuttack, Mayurbhanj and Jharsuguda. Kandhamal is the only district which has not reported any new case for the past few days. It also does not have any active cases.
For the first time since August second week, the daily cases in the State have gone past 1,200. Total cases in Odisha stood at 10,57,876 while two more deaths took the toll to 8,466.

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