Bhubaneswar, July 4: As many as 495 persons tested positive for Covid-19 on July 3 in Odisha, the state health department said on Saturday.

While 355 cases were reported from quarantine centres across the state, 140 cases were local.

The number of Covid-19 positive cases reached 8601in the state with detection of the new cases.

District wise cases

 1. Angul: 24

 2. Balasore: 13

 3. Bargarh: 2

 4. Bhadrak: 12

 5. Cuttack: 13

 6. Dhenkanal: 1

 7. Gajapati: 7

 8. Ganjam: 216

 9. Jagatsinghpur: 12

10. Jajpur: 1

11. Jharsuguda: 8

12. Kandhamal: 8

13. Kendrapada: 11

14. Keonjhar: 5

15. Khordha: 50

16. Koraput: 5

17. Malkangiri: 5

18. Mayurbhanj: 28

19. Nawarangapur: 11

20. Nayagarh: 1

21. Puri: 18

22. Sambalpur: 6

23. Sonepur: 2

24. Sundergarh: 36