Bhubaneswar, Sept. 27 -- As many as 3922 persons in Odisha tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours taking the state's total count to 2,09,374.

Of the total fresh cases detected from 30 districts,2309 have been reported from different quarantine centres while remaining 1613 are local contacts. Contact tracing and follow-up action is underway, said Information and Public Relation (I & PR ) Department.

Khordha recorded highest 818 fresh cases followed by Cuttack (380) and Keonjhar (212). Total 14 districts recorded over 100 positive cases in the last 24 hours.

With the new cases, the number of active cases in the state rose to 38,331. However, 1,70,193 patients have recovered in the state so far.

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