Odisha adds 609 new COVID-19 cases; TPR below 1%

Bhubaneswar: As many as 609 persons, including 97 children below 18 years of age, tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha during the last 24 hours while a total of 64991 samples were tested in the state, yesterday. The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) for the day stood at 0.93%.

Khurda district reported highest 209 fresh infections, followed by Cuttack (71) and Jajpur (36).

With this, the COVID-19 tally in the state reached 1007112 with 7528 active cases.

Below are district-wise figures of the fresh cases.
1. Angul: 18
2. Balasore: 21
3. Bargarh: 4
4. Bhadrak: 9
5. Boudh: 9
6. Cuttack: 71
7. Deogarh: 10
8. Dhenkanal: 23
9. Gajapati: 1
10. Ganjam: 6
11. Jagatsinghpur: 20
12. Jajpur: 36
13. Jharsuguda: 3
14. Kandhamal: 5
15. Kendrapada: 19
16. Keonjhar: 5
17. Khurda: 209
18. Koraput: 3
19. Malkangiri: 1
20. Mayurbhanj: 26
21. Nayagarh: 11
22. Puri: 20
23. Rayagada: 5
24. Sambalpur: 16
25. Sonepur: 2
26. Sundargarh: 8
27. State Pool: 48

The Health Department also reported 67 more deaths due to COVID-19 as the toll rose to 7901.