Bhubaneswar : Odisha registered another 1132 new positive cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, I & PR department informed today.
A sum of 68,872 samples tested in the last 24 hours, the test positivity rate (TPR) stands at 1.64%.
Among the new cases, 657 are in quarantine and 475 are local contacts. With this, the total number of positive cases in Odisha now stands at 993507.
District-wise details of the new cases are as under.
1. Angul: 25
2. Balasore: 70
3. Bargarh: 10
4. Bhadrak: 14
5. Balangir: 7
6. Boudh: 4
7. Cuttack: 197
8. Deogarh: 4
9. Dhenkanal: 11
10. Gajapati: 6
11. Ganjam: 2
12. Jagatsinghpur: 42
13. Jajpur: 29
14. Jharsuguda: 1
15. Kalahandi: 7
16. Kandhamal: 4
17. Kendrapada: 27
18. Keonjhar: 15
19. Khurda: 410
20. Koraput: 3
21. Malkangiri: 10
22. Mayurbhanj: 40
23. Nawarangpur: 1
24. Nayagarh: 31
25. Puri: 22
26. Rayagada: 7
27. Sambalpur: 15
28. Sonepur: 1
29. Sundargarh: 23
30. State Pool: 94
On the other hand, state on Saturday reported 66 more Covid deaths in the last 24 hours, health department sources informed.
Among the deceased persons one each is from the districts of Koraput and Mayurbhanj; two each from Balasore, Bargarh, Bolangir, Jagatsinghpur, and Puri; three each from Jajpur, Kendrapara, and Sambalpur; four from Nabarangpur; five from Angul; 12 from Nayagarh; and 15 from Cuttack.
