Odisha

Odisha Records Slight Decrease In New COVID Cases

Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Sunday recorded a slight decrease in COVID cases with 53 people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours against 57 each on Friday and Saturday.

According to the I&PR Department, 31 of the new cases are from quarantine and 22 local contacts. Among them, seven are in the 0-18 age group.

Here is the district-wise tally of new cases:

1. Balasore: 4
2. Bargarh: 1
3. Balangir: 2
4. Cuttack: 3
5. Deogarh: 1
6. Jagatsinghpur: 2
7. Kalahandi: 1
8. Khurda: 11
9. Mayurbhanj: 2
10. Nabarangpur: 1
11. Nayagarh: 1
12. Nuapada: 1
13. Puri: 5
14. Rayagada: 1
15. Sambalpur: 7
16. Sundargarh: 8

Besides, two are from the state pool.

With these cases being detected from 8,174 samples, the test positivity rate stood at 0.64%. Odisha now has 435 active cases.

OB Bureau

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