849 including 119 children test COVID +ve in Odisha; TPR 1.23%

Bhubaneswar: A total of 849 persons, including 119 children below 18 years of age, tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha during the last 24 hours while a total of 68667 samples were tested in the state, yesterday. The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) for the day stood at 1.23%.

Khurda district registered highest 361 fresh infections, followed by Cuttack (98) and Jajpur (32). With this, the COVID-19 tally in the state reached 1006503 with 7820 active cases.

Below are district-wise figures of the new cases.
1. Angul: 22
2. Balasore: 31
3. Bargarh: 3
4. Bhadrak: 10
5. Balangir: 1
6. Boudh: 5
7. Cuttack: 98
8. Deogarh: 11
9. Dhenkanal: 21
10. Ganjam: 4
11. Jagatsinghpur: 21
12. Jajpur: 32
13. Jharsuguda: 1
14. Kalahandi: 3
15. Kandhamal: 2
16. Kendrapada: 27
17. Keonjhar: 16
18. Khurda: 361
19. Koraput: 4
20. Malkangiri: 1
21. Mayurbhanj: 20
22. Nayagarh: 14
23. Nuapada: 2
24. Puri: 28
25. Rayagada: 2
26. Sambalpur: 15
27. Sundargarh: 16
28. State Pool: 78

Odisha Health Department also reported 69 more deaths due to COVID-19 as the toll mounted to 7834. Cuttack district recorded highest 19 fatalities.