Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID-19 caseload stayed below 4000 for the second consecutive day on Wednesday with 3535 people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours.
A total of 3405 fresh infections were reported on Tuesday.
The test positivity rate (TPR) was 6.02 per cent with the new cases being detected from 58,695 samples sent for tests
.
According to the I & PR department, 2016 of the infections were from quarantine and 1519 local contacts.
Khurda reported the highest 533 new infections, followed by Jajpur (348), Cuttack (320) Balasore (296) and Angul (183).
District-wise cases:
1. Angul: 207
2. Balasore: 296
3. Bargarh: 86
4. Bhadrak: 184
5. Balangir: 18
6. Boudh: 52
7. Cuttack: 320
8. Deogarh: 25
9. Dhenkanal: 56
10. Gajapati: 27
11. Ganjam: 26
12. Jagatsinghpur: 90
13. Jajpur: 348
14. Jharsuguda: 12
15. Kalahandi: 35
16. Kandhamal: 56
17. Kendrapada: 104
18. Keonjhar: 92
19. Khurda: 533
20. Koraput: 56
21. Malkangiri: 68
22. Mayurbhanj: 153
23. Nabarangpur: 85
24. Nayagarh: 95
25. Nuapada: 15
26. Puri: 187
27. Rayagada: 73
28. Sambalpur: 39
29. Sonepur: 39
30. Sundargarh: 76
31. State pool: 82
With this, Odisha now has 47,796 active cases and four hotspot districts – Khurda, Cuttack, Jajpur, Balasore. In TPR, 10 districts have been tagged as Red Zone.