Odisha Records Slight Rise In Daily COVID Cases

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported a slight rise in daily COVID caseload on Tuesday with 59 people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours against 49 on Monday and 77 on Sunday.

According to the I & PR department, 34 cases are from quarantine and 25cases are from local contacts. Among them, six are in the 0-18 age group. Currently, the state has 534 active cases with 95 recovered being reported in the last 24 hours.

Here is the district-wise tally of new cases:

1. Bargarh: 1
2. Balangir: 1
3. Cuttack: 4
4. Deogarh: 1
5. Jagatsinghpur: 5
6. Jajpur: 4
7. Khurda: 7
8. Mayurbhanj: 8
9. Nuapada: 3
10. Puri: 5
11. Rayagada: 2
12. Sambalpur: 2
13. Sonepur: 1
14. Sundargarh: 14

Besides, one from the state pool.

With 8,012 samples tested in the last 24 hours, the test positivity rate (TPR) stood at 0.73%.