Bhubaneswar, Aug 14:  As many as 1977 persons tested positive for Covid-19 on August 13 in Odisha, the health department said on Friday.

When 1241 cases were reported from quarantine centres, 736 were local contacts.

The corona tally reached 54,630 in the state with detection of the new cases.

District wise cases

1. Angul: 2

2. Balasore: 56

3. Bargarh: 22

4. Bhadrak: 118

5. Balangir: 7

6. Boudh: 5

7. Cuttack: 101

8. Deogarh: 2

9. Dhenkanal: 40

10. Gajapati: 93

11. Ganjam: 280

12. Jagatsinghpur: 34

13. Jajpur: 69

14. Jharsuguda: 11

15. Kalahandi: 48

16. Kandhamal: 60

17. Kendrapada: 6

18. Keonjhar: 10

19. Khurda: 332

20. Koraput: 90

21. Malkangiri: 52

22. Mayurbhanj: 120

23. Nawarangpur: 17

24. Nayagarh: 75

25. Nuapada: 20

26. Puri: 83

27. Rayagada: 70

28. Sambalpur: 59

29. Sonepur: 7

30. Sundargarh: 88