Odisha COVID Update: 1222 Fresh Infections From Khurda

Bhubaneswar: Odisha saw another 8735 people testing positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, which pushed the active cases tally to 89956 on Tuesday.

It is for the second day in a row that the state has reported over 8,000 new cases.

According to the I & PR department, 4892 are quarantine and 3843 local contact cases.

Khurda district reported the highest of 1222 fresh infections, followed by Cuttack (673) and Balasore (566), Jajpur (507) and Dhenkanal (503).

District-wise cases:

1. Angul: 456

2. Balasore: 566

3. Bargarh: 193

4. Bhadrak: 147

5. Balangir: 49

6. Boudh: 137

7. Cuttack: 673

8. Deogarh: 63

9. Dhenkanal: 503

10. Gajapati: 80

11. Ganjam: 156

12. Jagatsinghpur: 382

13. Jajpur: 507

14. Jharsuguda: 157

15. Kalahandi: 177

16. Kandhamal: 65

17. Kendrapada: 387

18. Keonjhar: 179

19. Khurda: 1222

20. Koraput: 255

21. Malkangiri: 96

22. Mayurbhanj: 342

23. Nabarangpur: 264

24. Nayagarh: 285

25. Nuapada: 40

26. Puri: 467

27. Rayagada: 90

28. Sambalpur: 177

29. Sonepur: 156

30. Sundargarh: 244

31. State Pool: 220

These cases were detected from 62,293 samples sent for tests. With this, the daily positivity rate in the state bounced back to 14 per cent.