Odisha

Odisha COVID Update: Daily Tally Drops Below 200 Again

By
OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID caseload in Odisha dropped below the 200-mark again after a day’s gap on Saturday with 146 people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours against 203 infections on Friday and 180 on Thursday.

According to the state I & PR Department, 86 cases are from quarantine and 60 local contacts. Of the fresh cases, 13 are in the 0-18 years age group.

Here is the district-wise tally of new cases:

1. Angul: 1
2. Balasore: 14
3. Bargarh: 3
4. Bhadrak: 1
5. Cuttack: 17
6. Deogarh: 1
7. Gajapati: 4
8. Ganjam: 1
9. Jagatsinghpur: 3
10. Jajpur: 6
11. Kandhamal: 2
12. Kendrapada: 1
13. Khurda: 24
14. Koraput: 1
15. Mayurbhanj: 4
16. Nabarangpur: 4
17. Nayagarh: 6
18. Puri: 22
19. Sambalpur: 6
20. Sonepur: 6
21. Sundargarh: 13

Besides, six cases are from the state pool. The test positivity rate (TPR) stood at 1.16% and now has 1,327 active cases.

OB Bureau

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