Odisha Records Drop In Daily COVID Cases, Khurda Continues To Top Dist Tally

Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID caseload in Odisha witnessed a marginal drop on Sunday with 207 infections registered in the last 24 hours against 233 on Saturday and 214 on Friday.

According to the I & PR department, 121 new cases are from quarantine and 86 local contacts. Among them, 37 are in the age group of 0-18 years.

Here are the district-wise figures of the cases:

1. Balasore: 11
2. Bargarh: 5
3. Balangir: 6
4. Cuttack: 15
5. Deogarh: 4
. Gajapati: 2
7. Ganjam: 2
8. Jagatsinghpur: 4
9. Jajpur: 1
10. Jharsuguda: 1
11. Kalahandi: 8
12. Kandhamal: 1
13. Kendrapada: 6
14. Keonjhar: 1
15. Khurda: 57
16. Mayurbhanj: 5
17. Nawarangpur: 8
18. Nayagarh: 5
19. Nuapada: 2
20. Puri: 11
21. Rayagada: 6
22. Sambalpur: 7
23. Sonepur: 3
24. Sundargarh: 24

Besides, 12 are from the state pool.

With these cases being detected from 12,933 samples, the test positivity rate (TPR) stood at 1.60%. Odisha now has 1,609 active cases.