Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID caseload of Odisha decreased slightly and continued to remain below 100 for the third c
onsecutive 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%.