Odisha reports 993 more COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours

Bhubaneswar (SunstarTV Bureau): The Information and Public Relations (I&PR) department on Wednesday reported that as many as 993 people were tested with COVID positives in Odisha during the last 24 hours while a total of 69,008 samples were tested in the state on Tuesday.

The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) for the day stood at 1.43%.

Meanwhile, Khurda district reported highest 419 fresh COVID infections followed by Cuttack with 95 and Jajpur with 60 cases so far.

With this, the COVID-19 tally in the state reached 997146 with 9536 active cases.

Following are district wise figures of the new cases:

1. Angul: 18
2. Balasore: 30
3. Bargarh: 10
4. Bhadrak: 12
5. Balangir: 13
6. Boudh: 1
7. Cuttack: 95
8. Deogarh: 4
9. Dhenkanal: 32
10. Gajapati: 1
11. Ganjam: 5
12. Jagatsinghpur: 51
13. Jajpur: 60
14. Jharsuguda: 2
15. Kalahandi: 1
16. Kandhamal: 7
17. Kendrapada: 15
18. Keonjhar: 10
19. Khurda: 419
20. Koraput: 1
21. Malkangiri: 1
22. Mayurbhanj: 42
23. Nabarangpur: 1
24. Nayagarh: 16
25. Nuapada: 1
26. Puri: 25
27. Rayagada: 3
28. Sambalpur: 11
29. Sonepur: 5
30. Sundargarh: 8
31. State Pool: 93