Odisha COVID Update: Dip In Cases Continues; TPR 2.62%

Bhubaneswar: COVID-19 cases continued to fall in Odisha with 1,503 cases reported on Tuesday, including 329 in the 0-18 age group testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours.

According to the I & PR Department, 873 fresh cases are from quarantine and 630 local contacts.

Here are the district-wise figures of the new cases:

1. Angul: 51
2. Balasore: 30
3. Bargarh: 21
4. Bhadrak: 20
5. Balangir: 33
6. Boudh: 10
7. Cuttack: 83
8. Deogarh: 25
9. Dhenkanal: 42
10. Gajapati: 37
11. Ganjam: 26
12. Jagatsinghpur: 42
13. Jajpur: 55
14. Jharsuguda: 17
15. Kalahandi: 40
16. Kandhamal: 17
17. Kendrapada: 19
18. Keonjhar: 36
19. Khurda: 333
20. Koraput: 2
21. Malkangiri: 8
22. Mayurbhanj: 108
23. Nabarangpur: 19
24. Nayagarh: 53
25. Nuapada: 25
26. Puri: 54
27. Rayagada: 31
28. Sambalpur: 26
29. Sonepur: 22
30. Sundargarh: 157

Besides, 61 are from the state pool.

With 57,150 samples tested in the last 24 hours, the test positivity rate (TPR) stood at 2.62 per cent.

Odisha now has 19,386 active cases.