Daily COVID-19 cases drop below 100 in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: With continuous decline in daily COVID-19 cases in Odisha, the State reported below 100 new infections in past 24 hours.

As many as 83 persons tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday, of which 22 belong to 0-18 age group, 49 were from different quarantine centres and 34 were the local contacts, informed the State Information & Public Relation (I&PR) Department today.

While the highest of 12 was reported from Sambalpur district, Sundargarh district logged 10 new COVID cases in a single day. The daily cases stood below 10 in other districts including Khordha.

Here’re details of district-wise daily COVID cases in Odisha:

7. Gajapati: 8
8. Ganjam: 2
9. Jajpur: 1
10. Kalahandi: 1
11. Kandhamal: 1
12. Kendrapada: 4
13. Khurda: 5
14. Koraput: 3
15. Mayurbhanj: 5
16. Nawarangpur: 6
17. Nayagarh: 1
18. Nuapada: 1
19. Puri: 1
20. Sambalpur: 12
21. Sonepur: 5
22. Sundargarh: 10
23. State Pool: 1

— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) March 12, 2022

With this, the total number of COVID-19 cases reached 12,86,540, of which only 977 are active.