457 including 73 children test COVID +ve in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 457 fresh COVID-19 cases, including 73 children below 18 years of age, in the last 24 hours while a total of 52130 samples were tested in the state, yesterday. The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) for the day stood at 0.87%.

Khurda district registered highest 207 new infections, followed by Cuttack (44) and Balasore (28).

With this, the COVID-19 tally in the state reached 1017718 with 5948 active cases.

Below are district-wise figures of the new cases.
1. Angul: 5
2. Balasore: 28
3. Bargarh: 4
4. Bhadrak: 10
5. Balangir: 1
6. Cuttack: 44
7. Deogarh: 3
8. Dhenkanal: 1
9. Gajapati: 3
10. Ganjam: 8
11. Jagatsinghpur: 10
12. Jajpur: 18
13. Jharsuguda: 2
14. Kalahandi: 1
15. Kendrapada: 3
16. Keonjhar: 3
17. Khurda: 207
18. Koraput: 4
19. Malkangiri: 1
20. Mayurbhanj: 19
21. Nabarangpur: 4
22. Nayagarh: 4
23. Puri: 7
24. Rayagada: 7
25. Sambalpur: 3
26. Sundargarh: 10
27. State Pool: 47

The Health Department also reported six more deaths due to COVID-19 as the toll mounted to 8114.