Odisha adds 580 new COVID-19 cases with 0.95% TPR

Bhubaneswar: As many as 580 persons, including 77 children below 18 years of age, tested positive for COVID-19 during the last 24 hours in Odisha while a total of 60,722 samples were tested in the state, yesterday. The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) for the day stood at 0.95%.

Khurda district reported highest 261 fresh infections, followed by Cuttack (87) and Jajpur (29).

With this, the COVID-19 tally in Odisha reached 1018298 with 5963 active cases.

Below are district-wise figures of the new cases.
1. Angul: 6
2. Balasore: 17
3. Bargarh: 8
4. Bhadrak: 7
5. Cuttack: 87
6. Deogarh: 2
7. Dhenkanal: 9
8. Jagatsinghpur: 13
9. Jajpur: 29
10. Jharsuguda: 11
11. Kendrapada: 10
12. Keonjhar: 1
13. Khurda: 261
14. Koraput: 4
15. Malkangiri: 1
16. Mayurbhanj: 7
17. Nayagarh: 7
18. Puri: 18
19. Rayagada: 6
20. Sambalpur: 6
21. Sonepur: 1
22. Sundargarh: 10
23. State Pool: 59

The Health Department also reported four more deaths due to COVID-19 as the toll mounted to 8118.