Odisha

Sharp Drop In New COVID-19 Infections In Odisha

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OB Bureau

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.

 

OB Bureau

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