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Odisha Reports 8,313 New COVID Cases; Daily Positivity Rate Drops To 13.49%

Bhubaneswar. Odisha saw a marginal fall in new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours with 8,313 more people testing positive for the virus.

A total of 9541 cases were detected the previous day.

According to the I & PR department, 4655 of the fresh infections are from quarantine and 3658 local contacts.

The highest of 974 new cases have been reported from Khurda, followed by Cuttack (593) and Mayurbhanj (532).

District-wise cases:

Angul: 505
Balasore: 452
Bargarh: 279
Bhadrak: 117
Balangir: 119
Boudh: 209
Cuttack: 593
Deogarh: 55
Dhenkanal: 407
Gajapati: 85
Ganjam: 129
Jagatsinghpur: 280
Jajpur: 354
Jharsuguda: 111
Kalahandi: 162
Kandhamal: 90
Kendrapada: 331
Keonjhar: 180
Khurda: 974
Koraput: 198
Malkangiri: 103
Mayurbhanj: 532
Nabarangpur: 205
Nayagarh: 283
Nuapada: 53
Puri: 405
Rayagada: 148
Sambalpur: 204
Sonepur: 123
Sundargarh: 465
State Pool: 162

These cases have been detected from 61,613 samples sent for tests. With this, the test positivity rate in Odisha dropped to 13.49 per cent.

It is for the second consecutive day that the state has tested over 60,000 samples. On Sunday, the TPR was 14.44 per cent with 9541 of 66,057 samples testing positive for the virus.

The state now has 91663 active cases.

While extending the lockdown by 16 days, the state government on Sunday had said that it was expecting the pandemic situation to improve in the next 10 days.