Odisha’s Daily COVID Cases Slightly Over 500; Less Than 10 Cases In 15 Districts

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Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 534 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, including 147 in the 0-18 age group testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours.

The number of daily COVID cases has fallen below 10 in 15 districts.

According to the I & PR Department, 310 fresh cases are from quarantine and 224 local contacts.

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

1. Angul: 11
2. Balasore: 15
3. Bargarh: 8
4. Bhadrak: 6
5. Balangir: 5
6. Boudh: 8
7. Cuttack: 15
8. Deogarh: 2
9. Dhenkanal: 3
10. Gajapati: 24
11. Ganjam: 3
12. Jagatsinghpur: 5
13. Jajpur: 26
14. Jharsuguda: 6
15. Kalahandi: 13
16. Kandhamal: 4
17. Kendrapada: 5
18. Keonjhar: 8
19. Khurda: 93
20. Koraput: 17
21. Malkangiri: 1
22. Mayurbhanj: 14
23. Nabarangpur: 5
24. Nayagarh: 21
25. Nuapada: 10
26. Puri: 8
27. Rayagada: 32
28. Sambalpur: 17
29. Sonepur: 10
30. Sundargarh: 121

Besides, 18 are from the state pool.

With 50,536 samples tested in the last 24 hours, the test positivity rate (TPR) stood at 1.05 per cent.

Odisha now has 7,099 active cases.