805 including 131 children test COVID +ve in Odisha; TPR 1.11%

Bhubaneswar: As many as 805 persons including 131 children below 18 years of age tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha during the last 24 hours while a total of 72412 samples were tested in the state, yesterday. The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) for the day stood at 1.11%.

Khurda district reported highest 346 fresh infections, followed by Cuttack (98) and Mayurbhanj (37).

With this, the COVID-19 tally in the state reached 1011558 with 7158 active cases.

Below are district-wise figures of the new cases.
1. Angul: 13
2. Balasore: 30
3. Bargarh: 5
4. Bhadrak: 14
5. Boudh: 3
6. Cuttack: 98
7. Deogarh: 5
8. Dhenkanal: 11
9. Gajapati: 1
10. Ganjam: 6
11. Jagatsinghpur: 17
12. Jajpur: 19
13. Jharsuguda: 2
14. Kendrapada: 33
15. Keonjhar: 8
16. Khurda: 346
17. Koraput: 4
18. Malkangiri: 2
19. Mayurbhanj: 37
20. Nabarangpur: 7
21. Nayagarh: 10
22. Puri: 12
23. Rayagada: 2
24. Sambalpur: 21
25. Sundargarh: 16
26. State Pool: 83

The Health Department also reported 7 more deaths due to COVID-19 as the toll mounted to 8047.