Odisha COVID Update: Downward Trend In New Cases Continues, TPR 1.87%

Bhubaneswar: The downward trend in daily COVID tally in Odisha continued on Friday with 254 people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours against 269 on Thursday and 328 on Wednesday.

According to the I & PR department, 149 new cases are from quarantine and 105 local contacts. Among them, 32 are in the age group of 0-18 years.

Here are the district-wise figures of the cases:

1. Balasore: 2
2. Bargarh: 3
3. Bhadrak: 3
4. Balangir: 11
5. Cuttack: 27
6. Deogarh: 1
7. Ganjam: 6
8. Jagatsinghpur: 5
9. Jajpur: 5
10. Jharsuguda: 2
11. Kalahandi: 11
12. Kandhamal: 2
13. Kendrapada: 1
14. Khurda: 55
15. Koraput: 4
16. Mayurbhanj: 8
17. Nabarangpur: 15
18. Nayagarh: 12
19. Nuapada: 9
20. Puri: 8
21. Rayagada: 4
22. Sambalpur: 17
23. Sonepur: 2
24. Sundargarh: 30

Besides, 11 are from the state pool.

With these cases being detected from 13,548 samples, the test positivity rate (TPR) stood at 1.87%. Odisha now has 1,691 active cases.