849 including 130 children test COVID +ve in Odisha; TPR 1.19%

Bhubaneswar: As many as 849 persons including 130 children below 18 years of age tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha during the last 24 hours while a total of 71231 samples were tested in the state, yesterday. The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) for the day stood at 1.19%.

Khurda district reported highest 313 fresh infections, followed by Cuttack (115) and Balasore (48).

With this, the COVID-19 tally in the state reached 1004059 with 8288 active cases.

Below are district-wise figures of the new cases.
1. Angul: 19
2. Balasore: 48
3. Bargarh: 15
4. Bhadrak: 9
5. Boudh: 1
6. Cuttack: 115
7. Deogarh: 9
8. Dhenkanal: 14
9. Gajapati: 1
10. Ganjam: 6
11. Jagatsinghpur: 42
12. Jajpur: 42
13. Jharsuguda: 1
14. Kalahandi: 3
15. Kandhamal: 1
16. Kendrapada: 24
17. Keonjhar: 8
18. Khurda: 313
19. Koraput: 5
20. Malkangiri: 2
21. Mayurbhanj: 26
22. Nayagarh: 19
23. Nuapada: 1
24. Puri: 22
25. Rayagada: 2
26. Sambalpur: 20
27. Sonepur: 1
28. Sundargarh: 15
29. State Pool: 65

The Health Department also reported 66 more deaths due to COVID-19 as the toll rose to 7628. Cuttack district recorded highest 15 fatalities.