Bhubaneswar: As many as 1648 more persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in Odisha while a total of 69812 samples were tested in the state, yesterday. The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) for the day was registered at 2.36%.
Cuttack district reported highest 335 fresh infections followed by Khurda (230) and Jajpur (113).
With this, the COVID-19 tally in Odisha reached 955974 with 20387 active cases.
Below are district-wise figures of the new cases.
1. Angul: 89
2. Balasore: 83
3. Bargarh: 17
4. Bhadrak: 77
5. Balangir: 1
6. Boudh: 5
7. Cuttack: 335
8. Deogarh: 1
9. Dhenkanal: 54
10. Gajapati: 5
11. Ganjam: 11
12. Jagatsinghpur: 112
13. Jajpur: 113
14. Jharsuguda: 9
15. Kalahandi: 11
16. Kandhamal: 15
17. Kendrapada: 50
18. Keonjhar: 21
19. Khurda: 230
20. Koraput: 6
21. Malkangiri: 35
22. Mayurbhanj: 77
23. Nabarangpur: 12
24. Nayagarh: 73
25. Nuapada: 7
26. Puri: 67
27. Rayagada: 21
28. Sambalpur: 24
29. Sonepur: 10
30. Sundargarh: 33
31. State Pool: 44
The Health Department also reported 58 more COVID-19 deaths in Odisha as the toll mounted to 5116. Khurda district registered highest 19 deaths due to COVID-19.