Bhubaneswar: As the Durga Puja festivities drew to a close, Odisha on Thursday reported a slight fall in daily COVID caseload with 49 cases registered in the last 24 hours, against 68 cases on Wednesday and 91 cases on Tuesday.
According to the I & PR Department, 28 cases are from quarantine and 21 cases are from local contacts. Among the new cases, six are in the 0-18 age group. The state has 821 active cases currently.
Here is the district-wise tally of new cases:
1. Angul: 1
2. Balasore: 5
3. Bargarh: 1
4. Bhadrak: 1
5. Boudh: 1
6. Cuttack: 10
7. Deogarh: 4
8. Jagatsinghpur: 3
9. Jajpur: 2
10. Jharsuguda: 1
11. Kalahandi: 1
12. Khurda: 3
13. Koraput: 1
14. Mayurbhanj: 1
15. Nuapada: 1
16. Puri: 3
17. Sambalpur: 4
18. Sundargarh: 5
Besides, only one from the state pool.
With 6,336 samples tested in the last 24 hours, the test positivity rate (TPR) stands at 0.77%. Odisha now has 821 active cases.
