With the number of coronavirus cases reaching towards 60,000-mark, Odisha has witnessed its highest single-day surge so far.

The state has reported around 78 new cases on Friday to take its tally to 287.

Earlier, Odisha was seen reporting the lowest numbers of COVID-19 cases, but in the past two days, 107 cases have been discovered.

The sudden surge of Covid-19 positive cases is related to migrant workers who are returning to the state.

The cases mostly reported from Odisha’s five districts Ganjam, Khurda, Jajpur, Bhadrak and Baleshwar. Out of these five Districts, Ganjam is the most affected one, with hundreds of migrant workers returning.

Around five lakh more are expected to arrive over the next few weeks, and the state government has arranged an equal number of quarantine beds in around 12,000 makeshift medical camps.

The Surat district administration on Thursday cancelled trains from Surat to Odisha following a Odisha High Court’s order. The Odisha HC has ordered to bring the stranded migrants into the state only after conducting their Covid-19 tests in the host states.

Surat-based power looms and textile units employ thousands of people from Odisha who are now stranded and out of job due to the coronavirus-enforced lockdown. Although,before the situation escalated, police persuaded the restless migrant workers, who numbered in hundreds, to disperse.

Till now, as many as 18 Shramik Special trains, each carrying 1,200 migrants, have left for Odisha from Surat.

Covid-19 cases in India have crossed 59,000-mark and death toll due to COVID 19 is nearing 2000-mark. In India, there are 39,834 coronavirus active cases and so far 17,846 COVID-19 positive patients have been cured or discharged. A total of 1981 people died due to the highly contagious virus. In the last 24 hours, India has recorded 3,320 more coronavirus positive cases and 95 deaths.