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Odisha COVID Update: Daily Caseload Down By 23%; Active Cases Near 70K

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Bhubaneswar: A day after reporting the biggest-ever spike of 10413, Odisha saw a 23 per cent fall in new COVID-19 cases on Sunday as 8015 people tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours.

According to the I & PR Department, 4568 are quarantine and 3447 are local contact cases.

Khurda recorded the highest of 1275 followed by Sundargarh (735) and Angul (525), Cuttack (482) and Sambalpur (441)

District-wise cases:

1. Angul: 525
2. Balasore: 100
3. Bargarh: 390
4. Bhadrak: 145
5. Balangir: 198
6. Boudh: 103
7. Cuttack: 482
8. Deogarh: 101
9. Dhenkanal: 86
10. Gajapati: 120
11. Ganjam: 169
12. Jagatsinghpur: 149
13. Jajpur: 194
14. Jharsuguda: 386
15. Kalahandi: 174
16. Kandhamal: 61
17. Kendrapara: 70
18. Keonjhar: 75
19. Khurda: 1275
20. Koraput: 127
21. Malkangiri: 36
22. Mayurbhanj: 199
23. Nabarangpur: 320
24. Nayagarh: 187
25. Nuapada: 264
26. Puri: 306
27. Rayagada: 154
28. Sambalpur: 441
29. Sonepur: 207
30. Sundargarh: 735
31. State Pool: 236

These cases have been detected from 46560 samples sent for COVID-19 test, putting the daily positivity rate at 17.2 per cent.

Odisha now has 69453 active cases.

OB Bureau

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