Daily COVID Caseload In Odisha Crosses 7K Again; TPR 11.38%

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OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: After witnessing a consistent drop in daily COVID caseload for over five days, Odisha reported 7,426 fresh infections on Wednesday against 5,891, the previous day.

According to the I & PR department, 4306 are from quarantine and 3120 local contacts. Among them, 867 are in the age group of 0-18 years. Khurda reported the highest of 1,959 new cases, followed by Sundargarh at 778 and Cuttack at 548.

Here are the district-wise figures of new cases:

1. Angul: 109
2. Balasore: 496
3. Bargarh: 134
4. Bhadrak: 100
5. Balangir: 207
6. Boudh: 98
7. Cuttack: 548
8. Deogarh: 25
9. Dhenkanal: 37
10. Gajapati: 99
11. Ganjam: 34
12. Jagatsinghpur: 129
13. Jajpur: 152
14. Jharsuguda: 45
15. Kalahandi: 188
16. Kandhamal: 123
17. Kendrapada: 84
18. Keonjhar: 136
19. Khurda: 1959
20. Koraput: 159
21. Malkangiri: 67
22. Mayurbhanj: 166
23. Nabarangpur: 117
24. Nayagarh: 245
25. Nuapada: 191
26. Puri: 106
27. Rayagada: 131
28. Sambalpur: 160
29. Sonepur: 212
30. Sundargarh: 778

Besides, 391 from the state pool.

With these cases being detected from 65,250 samples, the test positivity rate (TPR) stood at 11.38 per cent against 9.85 per cent the previous day when 59,807 samples were tested.

Also Read: Is Odisha Testing Enough? Positivity Rate Drops Below 10% With 5891 New COVID Cases

Odisha now has 74,512 active cases.

OB Bureau

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