Bhubaneswar (SunstarTV Bureau): The Information and Public Relations (I&PR) department reported as many as 754 person tested positives with COVID-19 in Odisha in the last 24 hours. However, among total COVID positives cases, 108 were children reported.
A total of 66,688 samples were tested in the state on Wednesday. The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) for the day stood at 1.13%.
Khurda district reported highest 261 fresh infections, followed by Cuttack (110) and Balasore (43).
With this, the COVID-19 tally in the state reached 10,09,223 with 7,241 active cases.
Below are district-wise figures of the new cases:
1. Angul: 16
2. Balasore: 43
3. Bargarh: 1
4. Bhadrak: 7
5. Balangir: 4
6. Boudh: 3
7. Cuttack: 110
8. Deogarh: 9
9. Dhenkanal: 9
10. Ganjam: 4
11. Jagatsinghpur: 25
12. Jajpur: 28
13. Jharsuguda: 1
14. Kalahandi: 2
15. Kandhamal: 1
16. Kendrapada: 19
17. Keonjhar: 16
18. Khurda: 261
19. Koraput: 6
20. Malkangiri: 9
21. Mayurbhanj: 23
22. Nabarangpur: 2
23. Nayagarh: 13
24. Nuapada: 7
25. Puri: 28
26. Rayagada: 9
27. Sambalpur: 13
28. Sundargarh: 26
29. State Pool: 59