Bhubaneswar (SunstarTV Bureau): The Information and Public Relations (I&PR) department on Wednesday informed that as many as 887 persons, including 131 who are below 18 years of age, tested positive for COVID-19 during the last 24 hours in Odisha.
Meanwhile, a total of 68,717 samples were tested in the state, yesterday.
Besides, the Test Positivity Rate (TPR) for the day stood at 1.29%.
Khurda district reported highest 323 fresh infections, followed by Cuttack (119) and Balasore (56).
Along with this, the COVID-19 tally in the state reached 10,03,210 with 8,226 active cases.
Following are the district-wise figures of the new cases.
- Angul: 27
- Balasore: 56
- Bargarh: 9
- Bhadrak: 9
- Boudh: 1
- Cuttack: 119
- Deogarh: 9
- Dhenkanal: 16
- Gajapati: 3
- Ganjam: 2
- Jagatsinghpur: 37
- Jajpur: 43
- Jharsuguda: 5
- Kalahandi: 1
- Kandhamal: 2
- Kendrapada: 15
- Keonjhar: 19
- Khurda: 323
- Koraput: 4
- Malkangiri: 2
- Mayurbhanj: 31
- Nabarangpur: 2
- Nayagarh: 11
- Nuapada: 3
- Puri: 39
- Rayagada: 2
- Sambalpur: 21
- Sundargarh: 7
- State Pool: 69
