Odisha

Active COVID Tally Drops Below 600 In Odisha Amid Slight Rise In Cases

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OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Sunday reported a slight rise in daily COVID caseload for the third consecutive day with 89 cases being registered in the last 24 hours, against 82 cases on Saturday and 63 cases on Friday.

According to the I & PR Department, 53 cases are from quarantine and 64 cases are from local contacts. Among them, six are in the 0-18 age group. The state now has 588 active cases.

Here is the district-wise tally of new cases:

1. Balasore: 10
2. Bargarh: 2
3. Balangir: 1
4. Cuttack: 11
5. Deogarh: 1
6. Jagatsinghpur: 2
7. Jajpur: 2
8. Jharsuguda: 1
9. Kalahandi: 1
10. Kendrapada: 3
11. Keonjhar: 2
12. Khurda: 16
13. Mayurbhanj: 3
14. Nayagarh: 2
15. Rayagada: 1
16. Sambalpur: 12
17. Sundargarh: 16

Besides, only three are from the state pool.

With 8,788 samples tested in the last 24 hours, the test positivity rate (TPR) stands at 1.01%.

OB Bureau

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