Odisha

Odisha’s Daily COVID Cases Shoot Up, Close To 300

By
OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s daily COVID-19 cases jumped to nearly 300 on Wednesday with 296 people found infected in the last 24 hours. The state reported 206 cases on Tuesday.

According to the I & PR department, 174 cases are from quarantine and 122 local contacts. Among them, 44 are in the age group of 0-18 years.

Here are the district-wise figures of the cases:

1. Angul: 1
2. Balasore: 4
3. Bargarh: 8
4. Bhadrak: 1
5. Balangir: 21
6. Boudh: 2
7. Cuttack: 20
8. Deogarh: 2
9. Dhenkanal: 2
10. Gajapati: 6
11. Jagatsinghpur: 3
12. Jajpur: 6
13. Jharsuguda: 6
14. Kalahandi: 23
15. Kandhamal: 4
16. Kendrapada: 5
17. Khurda: 63
18. Koraput: 2
19. Mayurbhanj: 17
20. Nawarangpur: 7
21. Nayagarh: 7
22. Nuapada: 6
23. Puri: 3
24. Rayagada: 3
25. Sambalpur: 13
26. Sonepur: 2
27. Sundargarh: 44

Besides, 15 are from the state pool.

With these cases being detected from 17,831 samples, the Test Positivity Rate (TPR) stood at 1.66 %. Odisha now has 2,197 active cases.

OB Bureau

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