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The 10 western Odisha districts, where night curfew is in force and where weekend shutdown will begin from Friday night, together accounted for 1,407 new cases (Image used for representational purpose only) BHUBANESWAR: The state’s single-day Covid tally breached the 3,000-mark on Friday with 3,108 fresh cases, registering a 30-time growth from 110 cases on March 18. For the first time this year, the daily count had touched triple digits then. On Friday, eleven districts reported cases in triple digits. These included Puri (114), Balasore (151), Balangir (133), Cuttack (163), Keonjhar (105), Nuapada (140), Sambalpur (153), Bargarh (132), Nabarangpur (156), Sundargarh (523) and Khurda (534), which took the top spot again. About 70% of Khurda’s cases were from Bhubaneswar. ....
Representative image. BHUBANESWAR: With Covid tally breaching 3000 mark on Friday in the state with 3108 new cases, there has been a 30 times growth in infection since March 18, a month ago, on the day the state s daily count was up from double digit to triple with 110 cases. On Friday, 11 districts reported cases in triple digits including Puri (114). The other 10 districts reported triple digits cases are Balasore (151), Balangir (133), Cuttack (163), Keonjhar (105), Nuapada (140), Sambalpur (153), Bargarh (132), Nabarangpur (156), Sundargarh (523) and Khurda (534), which took the top spot again. Seventy per cent of Khurda’s cases are from Bhubaneswar. The 10 western Odisha districts, where night curfew is in force and where weekend shutdown will begin from Friday night, have together reported 1407 new cases. Malkangiri and Boudh districts only have cases in single digit. ....