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Daily COVID Positivity Rate Drops To 12.59% In Odisha; Khurda Leads Infection Tally Again

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OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported over 8000 new COVID-19 cases for the third consecutive day on Wednesday with 8,399 people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours.

With the positives being detected from 66683 samples sent for tests, the daily positivity rate dropped to 12.59 per cent from 14.02 per cent the previous day.

According to the I & PR department, 4741 are from quarantine and 3658 local contact cases.

Khurda reported the highest of 1102 new infections followed by Cuttack (766) and Jajpur (514).

District-wise cases:

  1. Angul: 468
  2. Balasore: 240
  3. Bargarh: 189
  4. Bhadrak: 147
  5. Balangir: 116
  6. Boudh: 166
  7. Cuttack: 766
  8. Deogarh: 81
  9. Dhenkanal: 451
  10. Gajapati: 80
  11. Ganjam: 65
  12. Jagatsinghpur: 269
  13. Jajpur: 514
  14. Jharsuguda: 53
  15. Kalahandi: 190
  16. Kandhamal: 95
  17. Kendrapada: 210
  18. Keonjhar: 186
  19. Khurda: 1102
  20. Koraput: 178
  21. Malkangiri: 128
  22. Mayurbhanj: 485
  23. Nabarangpur: 200
  24. Nayagarh: 223
  25. Nuapada: 34
  26. Puri: 475
  27. Rayagada: 292
  28. Sambalpur: 191
  29. Sonepur: 143
  30. Sundargarh: 477
  31. State Pool: 185

With this, the active cases in the state have mounted to 87,220.

Odisha had seen 3.19 lakh cases in May. It saw the biggest single-day spike of 12,852 on May 23.

OB Bureau

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