Odisha

Biggest-Ever Spike: Daily COVID-19 Caseload Crosses 10K In Odisha; TPR Mounts To 21.9%

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OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: Odisha saw a record 10413 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, which pushed the active cases tally to 67086 on Saturday.

According to the I & PR department, 5887 are quarantine and 4526 local contact cases.

Khurda reported the highest of 1796 cases followed by Sundargarh (1100), Cuttack (828), Puri (533), Bargarh (511) and Jharsuguda (442).

District-wise cases:

1. Angul: 392
2. Balasore: 124
3. Bargarh: 511
4. Bhadrak: 201
5. Balangir: 160
6. Boudh: 87
7. Cuttack: 828
8. Deogarh: 103
9. Dhenkanal: 42
10. Gajapati: 156
11. Ganjam: 232
12. Jagatsinghpur: 241
13. Jajpur: 332
14. Jharsuguda: 442
15. Kalahandi: 376
16. Kandhamal: 55
17. Kendrapada: 77
18. Keonjhar: 126
19. Khurda: 1796
20. Koraput: 68
21. Malkangiri: 54
22. Mayurbhanj: 247
23. Nabarangpur: 378
24. Nayagarh: 218
25. Nuapada: 418
26. Puri: 533
27. Rayagada: 200
28. Sambalpur: 426
29. Sonepur: 130
30. Sundargarh: 1100
31. State Pool: 360

These cases were detected from 47462 samples sent for COVID-19 tests. With this, the test positivity rate (TPR) in Odisha has mounted to 21.9 per cent.

OB Bureau

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