Odisha Reports Slight Rise In Daily COVID Cases, Khurda Leads Dist Tally

Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID caseload in Odisha witnessed a slight increase on Saturday with 233 infections registered in the last 24 hours against 214 on Friday and 286 on Thursday.

According to the I & PR department, 136 new cases are from quarantine and 97 local contacts. Among them, 34 are in the age group of 0-18 years.

Here are the district-wise figures of the cases:

1. Balasore: 7
2. Bargarh: 7
3. Bhadrak: 1
4. Balangir: 12
5. Boudh: 2
6. Cuttack: 31
7. Deogarh: 2
8. Dhenkanal: 1
9. Gajapati: 1
10. Ganjam: 4
11. Jagatsinghpur: 1
12. Jajpur: 2
13. Jharsuguda: 1
14. Kalahandi: 9
15. Kandhamal: 3
16. Keonjhar: 2
17. Khurda: 53
18. Koraput: 1
19. Mayurbhanj: 10
20. Nabarangpur: 11
21. Nayagarh: 9
22. Nuapada: 6
24. Rayagada: 2
25. Sambalpur: 9
26. Sonepur: 3
27. Sundargarh: 24

Besides, 11 are from the state pool.

With these cases being detected from 14,314 samples, the test positivity rate (TPR) stood at 1.62%. Odisha now has 1,630 active cases.