Slight fall in Odisha's daily Covid-19 caseload with 872 new infections

Bhubaneswar: Odisha today registered a slight decline of daily Covid-19 caseload with 872 fresh infections after the single-day cases stood above 1000 for past two consecutive days.

Of 872 new positive cases, 512 were from different quarantines and 360 were the local contacts, according to State Information & Public Relation Department today.

The daily Covid cases were recorded below 300 in Khordha district in past 24 hours. The district logged 282 fresh cases followed by Sundargarh district with 144 cases. Cuttack district, which remained in second spot in a past few days, slipped to third position with below 100 cases. The district registered 96 new cases in a 24-hour-period.

Here's district-wise daily Covid cases reported by the State I&PR Department:

Covid-19 Report For 16th July

New Positive Cases: 872
Of which 0-18 years: 123
In quarantine: 512
Local contacts: 360

(Details of local contacts will be shared by concerned District)

1. Angul: 4
2. Balasore: 8
3. Bargarh: 9
4. Bhadrak: 6
5. Balangir: 7
6. Boudh: 11

— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) July 17, 2022

23. Nuapada: 7
24. Puri: 19
25. Rayagada: 6
26. Sambalpur: 23
27. Sonepur: 26
28. Sundargarh: 144
29. State Pool: 61

New recoveries: 552
Cumulative tested: 32353053
Positive: 1299112
Recovered: 1284235
Active cases: 5696

— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) July 17, 2022

With this, the Covid tally increased to 12,99,112, of which 5,696 were the active in Odisha.