Odisha Sees 51% Drop In New COVID Cases In 24 Hours

Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID caseload in Odisha dropped further on Monday with 15 people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours against 31 on Sunday, 42 on Saturday and 44 on Friday.

According to the I & PR department, nine of these new cases are from quarantine and 6 local contacts. Two among them belong to the 0-18 years age group.

Here is the district-wise tally of new cases:

1. Balasore: 1

2. Balangir: 1

3. Deogarh: 3

4. Jajpur: 1

5. Kalahandi: 1

6. Puri: 4

7. Sambalpur: 1

8. Sonepur: 1

9. Sundargarh: 2

With these cases being detected from 6363, the test positivity rate stood at 0.23%. With 40 more recoveries in the last 24 hours, Odisha now has 255 active cases.