Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID caseload of Odisha decreased slightly and continued to remain below 100 for the third consecutive day on Wednesday with 68 cases registered in the last 24 hours, against 91 cases on Tuesday and 67 cases on Monday.
According to the I & PR Department, 40 cases are from quarantine and 28 cases are from local contacts. Among the new cases, nine are in the 0-18 age group. The state has 943 active cases currently.
Here is the district-wise tally of new cases:
1. Balasore: 4
2. Bhadrak: 1
3. Balangir: 1
4. Cuttack: 6
5. Deogarh: 1
6. Jajpur: 4
7. Keonjhar: 2
8. Khurda: 14
9. Mayurbhanj: 1
10. Nayagarh: 6
11. Nuapada: 3
12. Puri: 8
13. Sambalpur: 5
14. Sundargarh: 9
Besides, three cases are from state pool. With a total of 7,459 tested in the last 24 hours, the test positivity rate (TPR) stands at 0.91%.
