Bhubaneswar: The downward trend in daily COVID tally in Odisha continued on Tuesday with 159 people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours against 194 on Monday and 245 on Sunday.
According to the I & PR department, 93 new cases are from quarantine and 66 local contacts. Among them, 18 are in the age group of 0-18 years.
Here are the district-wise figures of the cases:
1. Balasore: 1
2. Bargarh: 7
3. Balangir: 7
4. Cuttack: 26
5. Deogarh: 3
6. Dhenkanal: 3
7. Ganjam: 4
8. Jagatsinghpur: 6
9. Jajpur: 3
10. Jharsuguda: 1
11. Kalahandi: 4
12. Kandhamal: 4
13. Kendrapada: 1
14. Khurda: 28
15. Koraput: 2
16. Mayurbhanj: 2
17. Nawarangpur: 4
18. Nayagarh: 5
19. Nuapada: 7
20. Puri: 10
21. Rayagada: 1
22. Sambalpur: 3
23. Sonepur: 4
24. Sundargarh: 17
Besides, six are from the state pool.
With these cases being detected from 11,542 samples, the test positivity rate (TPR) stood at 1.37%. Odisha now has 1,767 active cases.
