Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Monday reported a further decline in daily COVID caseload as 34 more tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours against 53 on Sunday and 57 each on Friday and Saturday
According to the I & PR Department, 21 of the new cases are from quarantine and 13 local contacts. Among them, 3 belong to the 0-18 years age group.
Here is the district-wise tally of new cases:
1. Bargarh: 2
2. Balangir: 2
3. Boudh: 1
4. Cuttack: 2
5. Deogarh: 1
6. Ganjam: 4
7. Kalahandi: 2
8. Khurda: 7
9. Mayurbhanj: 1
10. Rayagada: 2
11. Sambalpur: 2
12. Sonepur: 1
13. Sundargarh: 5
Besides, 2 from the state pool.
With these cases being detected from 6,870 samples, the test positivity rate stood at 0.49%. With 42 recoveries in the last 24 hours, Odisha now has 427 active cases.
