Odisha

Odisha Reports 205 More COVID Cases, 45 Of Them Children

By
OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID caseload in Odisha remained above 200 on Sunday as 205 more people tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours.

These cases have been reported from 19 districts and 45 among them are in the 0-18 years age group.

While 239 infections were detected on Saturday, the state reported 242 infections on Friday, 229 on Thursday, 226 on Wednesday, and 206 on Tuesday.

According to the I & PR department, 119 of the new cases are from quarantine and 86 local contacts. Khurda saw the highest 107 infections, followed by Sundargarh (22) and Cuttack (10). No new infections have been reported from 11 districts.

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

  1. Balasore: 5
  2. Bargarh: 1
  3. Balangir: 1
  4. Boudh: 5
  5. Cuttack: 10
  6. Deogarh: 1
  7. Ganjam: 1
  8. Jagatsinghpur: 3
  9. Jajpur: 6
  10. Kalahandi: 3
  11. Kendrapada: 2
  12. Keonjhar: 2
  13. Khurda: 107
  14. Mayurbhanj: 5
  15. Nayagarh: 4
  16. Puri: 1
  17. Rayagada: 1
  18. Sonepur: 1
  19. Sundargarh: 22

Besides, 24 are from the state pool.

With these cases being detected from 50,233 samples, the test positivity rate (TPR) stood at 0.40 per cent. The TPR was 0.41 per cent on Saturday, 0.42 per cent on Friday, 0.39 per cent on Thursday, and 0.37 per cent on Wednesday.

While the COVD-19 tally in the state reached 10,47,003, Odisha now has 2,327 active cases.

OB Bureau

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