COVID-19

Dip In Daily Caseload Continues, One Odisha District Free From COVID; Check Details

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OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 120 COVID-19 cases on Monday, including 26 in the 0-18 age group testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours.

According to the I & PR Department, 69 fresh cases are from quarantine and 51 local contacts. Keonjhar district, which has been reporting nil cases for the past few days, is free from coronavirus and Dhenkanal and  Kalahandi with two and one active cases respectively might soon follow suit.

The highest of 23 cases have been reported from Sambalpur in the last 24 hours, followed by 15 from Gajapati, and 13 from Angul. Khurda has reported 10 cases while the other 16 districts have reported infections in single digits. Ten districts have registered nil cases.

Here are the district-wise figures of the new cases:

  1. Angul: 13
  2. Balasore: 5
  3. Balangir: 2
  4. Boudh: 3
  5. Cuttack: 1
  6. Deogarh: 1
  7. Gajapati: 15
  8. Ganjam: 1
  9. Jagatsinghpur: 1
  10. Jajpur: 9
  11. Jharsuguda: 12
  12. Khurda: 10
  13. Koraput: 4
  14. Mayurbhanj: 5
  15. Nabarangpur: 4
  16. Nuapada: 2
  17. Puri: 1
  18. Rayagada: 2
  19. Sambalpur: 23
  20. Sundargarh: 4

Besides, 2 are from the state pool.

With 44,152 samples tested in the last 24 hours, the test positivity rate (TPR) stood at 0.27 per cent.

Odisha now has 1,313 active cases.

 

OB Bureau

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