Odisha adds 428 new COVID-19 cases with 0.89% TPR

Bhubaneswar: As many as 428 persons, including 55 children below 18 years of age, tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha during the last 24 hours while a total of 48086 samples were tested in the state, yesterday. The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) for the day stood at 0.89%.

Khurda district registered highest 179 fresh infections, followed by Cuttack (46) and Jajpur (21).

With this, the COVID-19 tally in the state reached 1017261 with 6290 active cases.

Below are district-wise figures of the new cases.
1. Angul: 5
2. Balasore: 18
3. Bargarh: 3
4. Bhadrak: 10
5. Cuttack: 46
6. Deogarh: 4
7. Dhenkanal: 3
8. Gajapati: 1
9. Ganjam: 4
10. Jagatsinghpur: 20
11. Jajpur: 21
12. Kendrapada: 6
13. Keonjhar: 1
14. Khurda: 179
15. Malkangiri: 1
16. Mayurbhanj: 18
17. Nayagarh: 8
18. Nuapada: 4
19. Puri: 15
20. Rayagada: 4
21. Sambalpur: 9
22. Sundargarh: 6
23. State Pool: 42

The Health Department also reported four more deaths due to COVID-19 as the toll in the state reached 8108.