With 0.75% TPR, Odisha adds 582 new COVID-19 cases

Bhubaneswar: As many as 582 persons, including 83 children below 18 years of age, tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha during the last 24 hours while a total of 76717 samples were tested in the state, yesterday. The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) for the day stood at 0.75%.

Khurda district reported highest 282 fresh infections, followed by Cuttack (46), Jagatsinghpur (24) and Jajpur (24).

With this, the COVID-19 tally in the state rose to 1029994 with 5113 active cases.

Below are district-wise figures of the new cases.
1. Balasore: 19
2. Bargarh: 2
3. Bhadrak: 3
4. Balangir: 3
5. Cuttack: 46
6. Deogarh: 2
7. Dhenkanal: 2
8. Gajapati: 5
9. Ganjam: 4
10. Jagatsinghpur: 24
11. Jajpur: 24
12. Jharsuguda: 2
13. Kalahandi: 1
14. Kandhamal: 2
15. Kendrapara: 11
16. Keonjhar: 5
17. Khurda: 282
18. Koraput: 1
19. Mayurbhanj: 22
20. Nabarangpur: 1
21. Nayagarh: 5
22. Puri: 21
23. Sambalpur: 21
24. Sonepur: 1
25. Sundargarh: 7
26. State Pool: 66

The Health Department also reported seven more deaths due to COVID-19 as the toll rose to 8234.

Covid-19 Report For 6th October

New Positive Cases: 582
Of which 0-18 years: 83
In quarantine: 337
Local contacts: 245

(Details of local contacts will be shared by concerned Dist Administration)

District Wise Cases:

1. Balasore: 19
2. Bargarh: 2
3. Bhadrak: 3
4. Balangir: 3

— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) October 7, 2021

21. Nayagarh: 5
22. Puri: 21
23. Sambalpur: 21
24. Sonepur: 1
25. Sundargarh: 7
26. State Pool: 66

New recoveries: 429
Cumulative tested: 20443634
Positive: 1029994
Recovered: 1016594
Active cases: 5113

— I & PR Department, Odisha (@IPR_Odisha) October 7, 2021