Odisha adds 526 new COVID-19 cases with 0.76% TPR

Bhubaneswar: As many as 526 more persons, including 68 children below 18 years of age, tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha during the last 24 hours while a total of 68,624 samples were tested in the state, yesterday. The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) for the day stood at 0.76%.

Khurda district reported highest 233 fresh infections, followed by Cuttack (63) and Balasore (33).

With this, the COVID-19 tally in the state reached 1031044 with 5035 active cases.

Below are district-wise figures of the new cases.
1. Angul: 3
2. Balasore: 33
3. Bargarh: 2
4. Bhadrak: 3
5. Balangir: 1
6. Cuttack: 63
7. Deogarh: 3
8. Gajapati: 2
9. Ganjam: 3
10. Jagatsinghpur: 16
11. Jajpur: 13
12. Jharsuguda: 1
13. Kalahandi: 1
14. Kandhamal: 3
15. Kendrapara: 14
16. Khurda: 233
17. Koraput: 4
18. Malkangiri: 2
19. Mayurbhanj: 29
20. Nayagarh: 2
21. Puri: 11
22. Rayagada: 2
23. Sambalpur: 7
24. Sonepur: 1
25. Sundargarh: 19
26. State Pool: 55

The Health Department also reported four more deaths due to COVID-19 as the toll mounted to 8242.

Covid-19 Report For 8th October

New Positive Cases: 526
Of which 0-18 years: 68
In quarantine: 303
Local contacts: 223

(Details of local contacts will be shared by concerned Dist Administration)

District Wise Cases:

1. Angul: 3
2. Balasore: 33
3. Bargarh: 2
4. Bhadrak: 3

— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) October 9, 2021

22. Rayagada: 2
23. Sambalpur: 7
24. Sonepur: 1
25. Sundargarh: 19
26. State Pool: 55

New recoveries: 598
Cumulative tested: 20578622
Positive: 1031044
Recovered: 1017714
Active cases: 5035

— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) October 9, 2021