Pic courtesy ANI
Bhubaneswar: After three days of downward trend in daily COVID tally in Odisha, 269 people tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours on Saturday against 254 on Friday and 269 on Thursday.
According to the I & PR department, 157 new cases are from quarantine and 112 local contacts. Among them, 39 are in the age group of 0-18 years.
Here are the district-wise figures of the cases:
1. Balasore: 3
2. Bargarh: 8
3. Bhadrak: 4
4. Balangir: 7
5. Cuttack: 49
6. Deogarh: 3
7. Ganjam: 3
8. Jagatsinghpur: 5
9. Jajpur: 9
10. Jharsuguda: 2
11. Kalahandi: 5
12. Kandhamal: 1
13. Kendrapada: 4
14. Keonjhar: 4
15. Khurda: 66
16. Mayurbhanj: 4
17. Nabarangpur: 11
18. Nayagarh: 14
19. Nuapada: 3
20. Puri: 6
21. Rayagada: 1
22. Sambalpur: 9
23. Sonepur: 4
24. Sundargarh: 29
Besides, 15 are from the state pool.
With these cases being detected from 15,461 samples, the test positivity rate (TPR) stood at 1.73%. Odisha now has 1,758 active cases.
Bhubaneswar: The low-pressure over east Equatorial Indian Ocean (EIO) and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal…
New Delhi: Cricket fans were left gasping for breath in December 2022 when Indian wicketkeeper-batter…
Puri: Repair work of Shree Jagannath temple's Ratna Bhandar in pilgrim town of Puri will…
Bhubaneswar: A 20-year-old married woman, allegedly kidnapped from Odisha's Nabarangpur and then raped, and held…
New York: Slamming the prolonged delays in some parts of United States, Elon Musk on…
Cuttack: Madhupatana Police recently rescued a 17-year-old Bangladeshi girl, a suspected victim of trafficking and…
Mumbai: With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shiv Sena and the NCP alliance emerging victorious in…
Balasore: The driver of a container truck was charred to death after the vehicle caught…