Cuttack: The number of COVID-19 cases doubled in Odisha in the last 24 hours, climbing to 31 on Thursday from 15 on Wednesday, rising sharply after at least 13 inmates of a boys hostel at a private educational institution in Odisha’s Cuttack tested positive.
The institute falls under ward No. 59 of the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC).
Fifty-six hostel inmates of the institute had undergone Rapid Antigen Test after showing COVID-19 symptoms. Of them, 13 samples tested positive. All students of the institution will undergo RT-PCR test on Thursday, informed Cuttack district COVID-19 nodal officer Umesh Ray.
According to the I&PR Department, 18 fresh cases are from quarantine and 13 local contacts.
Here’s the district-wise figures of cases:
Cuttack: 16
Jharsuguda: 1
Khurda: 10
Puri: 1
Three cases are from the state pool.
With 10,522 samples tested in the last 24 hours, the Test Positivity Rate (TPR) stood at 0.29%.
Odisha has 127 active cases as of Thursday.
