COVID-19 Update: Odisha Sees A Drop In Daily Positivity Rate; Khurda Back At Top Of Dists

Bhubaneswar: The test positivity rate in Odisha dropped to 14.77 per cent from 16.48 per cent the previous day with over 7000 new COVID-19 cases being reported for the second consecutive day on Saturday.

According to the I & PR Department, 7,188 fresh infections were detected from 48,649 samples sent for tests. 7216 of 43768 samples had tested positive for the virus on Friday.

Of the new cases, 4026 are from quarantine and 3162 local contacts.

The highest of 1,134 cases have been reported from Khurda, followed by Cuttack (690) and Angul (515), Puri (457) and Jajpur (406).

District-wise cases:

1. Angul: 515
2. Balasore: 103
3. Bargarh: 271
4. Bhadrak: 89
5. Balangir: 93
6. Boudh: 257
7. Cuttack: 690
8. Deogarh: 61
9. Dhenkanal: 255
10. Gajapati: 106
11. Ganjam: 163
12. Jagatsinghpur: 154
13. Jajpur: 406
14. Jharsuguda: 114
15. Kalahandi: 177
16. Kandhamal: 54
17. Kendrapada: 75
18. Keonjhar: 57
19. Khurda: 1134
20. Koraput: 202
21. Malkangiri: 92
22. Mayurbhanj: 320
23. Nabarangpur: 216
24. Nayagarh: 242
25. Nuapada: 62
26. Puri: 457
27. Rayagada: 165
28. Sambalpur: 120
29. Sonepur: 129
30. Sundargarh: 172
31. State Pool: 237

With this, the active cases tally in the state has gone up 97271.