Odisha’s Daily COVID Caseload Drops Below 100, TPR 0.16%

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 79 COVID-19 cases on Friday, including 9 in the 0-18 age group testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours.

Five days after reporting 60 to 90 new cases, the daily count in Odisha breached the 100-mark on Thursday with 105 people testing positive for the virus.

According to the I & PR Department, 46 fresh cases are from quarantine and 33 local contacts.

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

1. Angul: 3
2. Balasore: 5
3. Bhadrak: 1
4. Balangir: 6
5. Boudh: 1
6. Cuttack: 2
7. Gajapati: 8
8. Ganjam: 11
9. Jagatsinghpur: 2
10. Jajpur: 6
11. Kalahandi: 1
12. Kendrapada: 10
13. Khurda: 3
14. Koraput: 3
15. Mayurbhanj: 1
16. Sambalpur: 6
17. Sundargarh: 9

Besides, one case is from the state pool.

With 48,408 samples tested in the last 24 hours, the test positivity rate (TPR) stood at 0.16 per cent.

Odisha now has 714 active cases.