The Odisha state health department informed on Friday that the State reported 5,235 new COVID-19 cases, taking the overall tally to 8,42,461. The state also reported 8,299 recoveries and 43 deaths in the last 24 hours.

With this, the total case tally in the state stands at 8,42,461, including 66,226 active cases 7,72,972 recoveries and 3,210 deaths. Of the new cases, 2,957 were reported from quarantine centres and 2278 were detected from local tracing. The state has thus far conducted 1,25,23,241 sample tests for COVID-19. As per the state government data, out of the total reported cases, Cuttack accounted for the most number of cases with 557

Khurda accounted for the most number of cases with 726, followed by Cuttack with 557 cases, Jajpur 394 cases and Balasore registered 320 new cases.

Indi Covid Status: According to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Friday, India recorded 91,702 new Covid cases as 3,403 people succumbed to the virus in last 24 hours. India's overall tally of Covid-19 cases now stands at 2,92,74,823 with 11,21,671 active cases and 3,63,079 deaths so far.

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