Daily COVID Positivity Rate Drops To 12.59% In Odisha; Khurda Leads Infection Tally Again
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:
Angul: 468
Balasore: 240
Bargarh: 189
Bhadrak: 147
Balangir: 116
Boudh: 166
Cuttack: 766
Deogarh: 81
Dhenkanal: 451
Gajapati: 80
Ganjam: 65
Jagatsinghpur: 269
Jajpur: 514
Jharsuguda: 53
Kalahandi: 190
Kandhamal: 95
Kendrapada: 210
Keonjhar: 186
Khurda: 1102
Koraput: 178
Malkangiri: 128
Mayurbhanj: 485
Nabarangpur: 200
Nayagarh: 223
Nuapada: 34
Puri: 475
Rayagada: 292
Sambalpur: 191
Sonepur: 143
Sundargarh: 477
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.