Odisha COVID Update: Over 10,000 Cases For Fourth Day; TPR 14.49%

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported over 10,000 new COVID-19 cases for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday with 11,177 people, including 1,016 in the 0-18 age group, testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours.

The daily caseload had surged to 10,856 on Saturday, 10,273 on Friday and 10,059 on Thursday.

According to the I & PR Department, 6,479 of the new infections are from quarantine and 4,698 local contacts. The highest cases were reported from Khurda (3,424) followed by Sundargarh (2,136) and Cuttack (829).

Here are the district-wise figures of the new cases:

1. Angul: 132
2. Balasore: 342
3. Bargarh: 123
4. Bhadrak: 92
5. Balangir: 312
6. Boudh: 71
7. Cuttack: 829
8. Deogarh: 25
9. Dhenkanal: 65
10. Gajapati: 73
11. Ganjam: 108
12. Jagatsinghpur: 164
13. Jajpur: 179
14. Jharsuguda: 193
15. Kalahandi: 173
16. Kandhamal: 47
17. Kendrapada: 71
18. Keonjhar: 69
19. Khurda: 3424
20. Koraput: 152
21. Malkangiri: 49
22. Mayurbhanj: 276
23. Nawarangpur: 155
24. Nayagarh: 159
25. Nuapada: 79
26. Puri: 141
27. Rayagada: 184
28. Sambalpur: 379
29. Sonepur: 238
30. Sundargarh: 2136

Besides, 737 are from the state pool.

With these cases being detected from 77,120 samples, the test positivity rate (TPR) stood at 14.49 per cent against 14.48 per cent on Saturday, 13.56 per cent on Friday and 12.40 per cent on Thursday.

Odisha now has 69,763 active cases.