Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Wednesday registered 457 fresh cases of Covid-19, out of which 73 are between the age of 0-18 years.
With a total of 52,130 samples tested in the last 24 hours, the test positivity rate (TPR) stands at 0.87%.
Among the new cases, 265 are in quarantine and 192 are local contacts. With this, the total number of positive cases in Odisha now stands at 1017718.
District-wise details of the new cases are as under.
1. Angul: 5
2. Balasore: 28
3. Bargarh: 4
4. Bhadrak: 10
5. Balangir: 1
6. Cuttack: 44
7. Deogarh: 3
8. Dhenkanal: 1
9. Gajapati: 3
10. Ganjam: 8
11. Jagatsinghpur: 10
12. Jajpur: 18
13. Jharsuguda: 2
14. Kalahandi: 1
15. Kendrapada: 3
16. Keonjhar: 3
17. Khurda: 207
18. Koraput: 4
19. Malkangiri: 1
20. Mayurbhanj: 19
21. Nawarangpur: 4
22. Nayagarh: 4
23. Puri: 7
24. Rayagada: 7
25. Sambalpur: 3
26. Sundargarh: 10
27. State Pool: 47
On the other hand, state recorded 6 more Covid-19 fatalities in the last 24 hours, confirmed the Health & Family Welfare Department today.
While two deaths were identified from Bhubaneswar, two from Cuttack, one each from Jajpur and Khurda district.
Details of the cases confirmed as death due to Covid-19 after due completion of the death audit process are as under:
1. A 64 years old Female of Bhubaneswar who was also suffering from Hypertension.
2. A 57 years old Male of Bhubaneswar who was also suffering from Hypertension.
3. A 82 years old Male of Cuttack District who was also suffering from Benign prostatic hyperplasia, Hypertension & Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
4. A 26 years old Female of Cuttack District.
5. A 55 years old Female of Jajpur District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus & Hypertension.
6. A 60 years old Female of Khordha District.
The department further stated that this list does not reflect deaths occurring on a particular day. It gives details of past deaths for which the death audit process has been duly completed and the cause of death has been identified as due to COVID-19.
