Bhubaneswar: Amid the raging storm Yaas, which saw testing being stalled in likely-to-be-affected districts, Odisha saw a drop in new COVID-19 cases on Thursday. A total of 6,736 of 46,241 samples tested positive for the deadly virus in the last 24 hours.
The state had seen 11623 cases the previous day.
According to the I & PR Department, 3774 among the fresh infections are from quarantine and 2962 local contacts.
Angul registered the highest of 788 new cases, followed by Sundargarh (720) and Khurda (517).
District-wise cases:
1. Angul: 788
2. Balasore: 71
3. Bargarh: 405
4. Bhadrak: 206
5. Balangir: 144
6. Boudh: 262
7. Cuttack: 362
8. Deogarh: 64
9. Dhenkanal: 178
10. Gajapati: 80
11. Ganjam: 196
12. Jagatsinghpur: 106
13. Jajpur: 374
14. Jharsuguda: 120
15. Kalahandi: 241
16. Kandhamal: 85
17. Kendrapada: 24
18. Keonjhar: 24
19. Khurda: 517
20. Koraput: 219
21. Malkangiri: 98
22. Mayurbhanj: 34
23. Nabarangpur: 282
24. Nayagarh: 207
25. Nuapada: 48
26. Puri: 265
27. Rayagada: 123
28. Sambalpur: 309
29. Sonepur: 82
30. Sundargarh: 720
31. State Pool: 102
With this, the active cases in the state have mounted to 106440. The daily positivity rate is 14.56 per cent.
