Odisha adds 609 new COVID-19 cases including 122 children: TPR 0.93%

Bhubaneswar: As many as 609 persons including 122 children below 18 years of age tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha during the last 24 hours while a total of 65268 samples were tested in the state, yesterday. The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) for the day stood at 0.93%.

Khurda district reported highest 188 fresh infections, followed by Cuttack (113), Balasore (31) and Jajpur (31).

With this, the COVID-19 tally in the state reached 1012167 with 6996 active cases.

Below are district-wise figures of the new cases.
1. Angul: 12
2. Balasore: 31
3. Bargarh: 9
4. Bhadrak: 18
5. Balangir: 4
6. Cuttack: 113
7. Deogarh: 4
8. Dhenkanal: 8
9. Gajapati: 1
10. Ganjam: 5
11. Jagatsinghpur: 22
12. Jajpur: 31
13. Jharsuguda: 5
14. Kendrapada: 13
15. Keonjhar: 8
16. Khurda: 188
17. Koraput: 6
18. Malkangiri: 1
19. Mayurbhanj: 21
20. Nabarangpur: 5
21. Nayagarh: 5
22. Puri: 20
23. Rayagada: 7
24. Sambalpur: 16
25. Sonepur: 2
26. Sundargarh: 9
27. State Pool: 45

The Health Department also reported eight more deaths due to COVID-19 as the toll mounted to 8055.