Bhubaneswar: Amid the detection of BM.4.1.1, a sub-lineage of Omicron, Odisha on Thursday recorded a slight decrease in daily COVID cases with 59 people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours, against 73 cases on Wednesday, and 59 cases o
n Tuesday.
According to the I & PR Department, 35 cases are from quarantine and 24 cases are from local contacts. Among them, 10 are in the 0-18 age group. The active cases have dropped below 500 and stood at 481.
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Here is the district-wise tally of new cases:
1. Bargarh: 1
2. Balangir: 4
3. Cuttack: 10
4. Deogarh: 1
5. Jagatsinghpur: 4
6. Jajpur: 3
7. Khurda: 5
8. Koraput: 5
9. Mayurbhanj: 1
10. Nabarangpur: 1
11. Nuapada: 1
12. Puri: 6
13. Sambalpur: 6
14. Sonepur: 1
15. Sundargarh: 9
Besides, one from the state pool.
With 9,107 samples tested in the last 24 hours, the test positivity rate (TPR) stood at 0.64%.