Bhubaneswar (SunstarTV Bureau): The State Information and Public Relations department on Wednesday reported as many as 3,456 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours.
Reportedly, 65,845 samples were taken for test results on Tuesday and with this the Testing Positivity Rate (TPR) for the day stood at 5.2%.
Meanwhile, Khurdha district reported the highest Covid positives with 499, followed by Cuttack with 480 and Puri with 289 positive cases.
With this, the COVID-19 tally in Odisha mounted to 886946 with 34216 active cases.
Below are district-wise figures of the new cases:
1. Angul: 118
2. Balasore: 174
3. Bargarh: 69
4. Bhadrak: 194
5. Balangir: 28
6. Boudh: 25
7. Cuttack: 480
8. Deogarh: 11
9. Dhenkanal: 57
10. Gajapati: 17
11. Ganjam: 19
12. Jagatsinghpur: 81
13. Jajpur: 267
14. Jharsuguda: 20
15. Kalahandi: 21
16. Kandhamal: 31
17. Kendrapada: 147
18. Keonjhar: 73
19. Khurda: 499
20. Koraput: 81
21. Malkangiri: 82
22. Mayurbhanj: 180
23. Nabarangpur: 42
24. Nayagarh: 126
25. Nuapada: 16
26. Puri: 289
27. Rayagada: 56
28. Sambalpur: 39
29. Sonepur: 43
30. Sundargarh: 90
31. State Pool: 81
