Odisha’s Daily COVID Cases Drops Below 300; TPR 0.51%

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 293 COVID-19 cases on Saturday, including 86 in the 0-18 age group testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours.

According to the I & PR Department, 171 fresh cases are from quarantine and 122 local contacts.

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

1. Angul: 35
2. Balasore: 9
3. Bargarh: 3
4. Bhadrak: 4
5. Balangir: 3
6. Boudh: 1
7. Cuttack: 3
8. Deogarh: 2
9. Dhenkanal: 1
10. Gajapati: 25
11. Ganjam: 20
12. Jagatsinghpur: 3
13. Jajpur: 18
14. Jharsuguda: 13
15. Kalahandi: 2
16. Kendrapada: 11
17. Keonjhar: 20
18. Khurda: 29
19. Koraput: 1
20. Mayurbhanj: 12
21. Nawarangpur: 4
22. Nayagarh: 2
23. Nuapada: 4
24. Puri: 1
25. Rayagada: 14
26. Sambalpur: 25
27. Sonepur: 6
28. Sundargarh: 15

Besides, 7 are from the state pool.

With 56,549 samples tested in the last 24 hours, the test positivity rate (TPR) stood at 0.51 per cent.

Odisha now has 3,079 active cases.