Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered 431 fresh active Covid-19 cases with 400-mark caseload on Friday. The new cases were detected from 6,956 samples testing positive for the virus in the last 24 hours even as India saw a slight dip with 11,692 new cases against 1,2591 the previous day.
Public Health Director Niranjan Mishra said, “The infection is on the rise in districts adjoining Chhattisgarh. We are keeping a close vigil on people coming from outside. This situation is likely to continue for some days.”
The state had reported 387 and 377 new infections on Thursday and Wednesday respectively after a falling trend in COVID cases. The daily caseloads on Tuesday and Monday were 269 and 268 respectively.
Notably, the weekly TPR was above 10% in three districts – Sonepur (15.5), Sundargarh (14.26) and Sambalpur (12.67) during April 10-16. Odisha is among the 10 states fuelling the country’s tally.
Meanwhile, India saw a slight dip with 11,692 new cases against 1,2591 in the last 24 hours.
