Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 10,059 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, including 872 children below 18 years of age, taking the active caseload to 44,349.
As per the information shared by the Information & Public Relations Department, out of the new cases, 5833 are in quarantine and 4226 are local contacts.
A total of 81,065 samples were tested in the state in the past 24 hours. The daily test positivity rate (TPR) increased to 12.40 per cent from 11.76 per cent recorded the previous day.
The details of the new cases are as under:
1. Angul: 46
2. Balasore: 278
3. Bargarh: 76
4. Bhadrak: 138
5. Balangir: 216
6. Boudh: 15
7. Cuttack: 870
8. Deogarh: 18
9. Dhenkanal: 50
10. Gajapati: 82
11. Ganjam: 154
12. Jagatsinghpur: 142
13. Jajpur: 212
14. Jharsuguda: 219
15. Kalahandi: 123
16. Kandhamal: 36
17. Kendrapada: 51
18. Keonjhar: 109
19. Khurda: 3188
20. Koraput: 155
21. Malkangiri: 17
22. Mayurbhanj: 423
23. Nawarangpur: 122
24. Nayagarh: 102
25. Nuapada: 66
26. Puri: 272
27. Rayagada: 131
28. Sambalpur: 570
29. Sonepur: 106
30. Sundargarh: 1348
31. State Pool: 724
COVID-19 death toll in Odisha mounted to 8472 after 3 more persons – one each from Angul, Nayagarh, Kendrapara districts – succumbed to the virus.
