As per the information shared by the Information & Public Relations Department, out of the new cases, 516 are in quarantine and 370 are local contacts.
A total of 61,492 samples were tested in the state in the past 24 hours. The daily test positivity rate (TPR) now stands at 1.44%.
The details of the new cases are as under:
1. Angul: 14
2. Balasore: 36
3. Bargarh: 10
4. Bhadrak: 11
5. Balangir: 13
6. Boudh: 5
7. Cuttack: 40
8. Deogarh: 15
9. Dhenkanal: 10
10. Gajapati: 23
11. Ganjam: 16
12. Jagatsinghpur: 14
13. Jajpur: 32
14. Jharsuguda: 20
15. Kalahandi: 12
16. Kandhamal: 25
17. Kendrapada: 18
18. Keonjhar: 10
19. Khurda: 86
20. Koraput: 66
21. Malkangiri: 3
22. Mayurbhanj: 23
23. Nawarangpur: 13
24. Nayagarh: 20
25. Nuapada: 19
26. Puri: 8
27. Rayagada: 22
28. Sambalpur: 179
29. Sonepur: 25
30. Sundargarh: 79
31. State Pool: 19
On the other hand, the state also reported 16 more deaths due to COVID-19 as the toll surged to 8961.
