Odisha Reports COVID Cases In Single Digit For 2nd Time This Month

Bhubaneswar: Odisha logged eight new COVID-19 cases and 31 recoveries in the last 24 hours, taking the active tally to 152 on Sunday.

The state had been witnessing a downward trend in infections with the daily count dropping to 11 on Saturday from 22 on Friday and 28 on Thursday.

According to the I & PR department, the new cases have been reported from five of the 30 districts. While five are from quarantine, three are local contacts. One among them is in the age group of 0-18 years.

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

1. Balangir: 1

2. Cuttack: 1

3. Kendrapada: 1

4. Khurda: 2

5. Sambalpur: 2

Besides, 1 from the state pool.

With these cases being detected from 21,918 samples, the test positivity rate stood at 0.03%.

It is for the second time this month that Odisha has reported cases in single-digit on a single day. The state had seen a sharp fall in daily caseload, a drop of almost 86 per cent, on April 4 when five people tested positive for the virus. Three districts had then turned COVID-free, while the number has now gone up to five – Keonjhar, Nayagarh, Kalahandi, Koraput and Puri.