Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Friday reported a slight rise in daily COVID caseload with 63 cases registered in the last 24 hours, against 49 cases on Thursday and 68 cases on Wednesday.
According to the I & PR Department, 37 cases are from quarantine and 26 cases are from local contacts. Among the new cases, 11 are in the 0-18 age group. The state has 717 active cases currently.
Here is the district-wise tally of new cases:
1. Balasore: 6
2. Bargarh: 4
3. Balangir: 1
4. Cuttack: 8
5. Jagatsinghpur: 1
6. Jajpur: 3
7. Jharsuguda: 1
8. Kalahandi: 1
9. Kendrapada: 1
10. Khurda: 6
11. Mayurbhanj: 1
12. Nayagarh: 4
13. Nuapada: 5
14. Puri: 6
15. Sambalpur: 2
16. Sundargarh: 11
Besides, only two are from the state pool.
With 7,941 samples tested in the last 24 hours, the test positivity rate (TPR) stands at 0.79%.
