Odisha Sees 63% Rise In New COVID Cases

Bhubaneswar: After a two-day downward trend, the state saw almost 63% increase in the daily COVID casealod with 260 people testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours against 159 on Tuesday and 194 on Monday.

According to the I & PR department, 152 new cases are from quarantine and 108 local contacts. Among them, 29 are in the age group of 0-18 years.

Here are the district-wise figures of the cases:

1. Angul: 1
2. Balasore: 9
3. Bargarh: 4
4. Balangir: 9
5. Cuttack: 10
6. Deogarh: 4
7. Dhenkanal: 1
8. Ganjam: 2
9. Jagatsinghpur: 5
10. Jajpur: 5
11. Jharsuguda: 1
12. Kalahandi: 19
13. Kandhamal: 2
14. Kendrapada: 5
15. Khurda: 45
16. Mayurbhanj: 6
17. Nawarangpur: 5
18. Nayagarh: 12
19. Nuapada: 29
20. Puri: 7
21. Rayagada: 4
22. Sambalpur: 19
23. Sonepur: 6
24. Sundargarh: 41

Besides, nine are from the state pool.

With these cases being detected from 13,826 samples, the test positivity rate (TPR) stood at 1.88%. Odisha now has 1,674 active cases.

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