Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 262 new positive cases of COVID-19 on Sunday. As per the Health Department 2 persons died during the last 24 hours due to COVID-19 in the State.
With a total of 60,923 samples tested in the last 24 hours, the test positivity rate (TPR) stands at 0.43%.
Among the new cases, 153 are in quarantine while 109 are local contacts. 42 out of the 262 fresh COVID positives are below the age of 18 years.
The total number of positive cases in Odisha now stands at 1045471 with 2741 active cases.
District-wise details of the new cases are as under.
1. Balasore: 12
2. Bargarh: 1
3. Bhadrak: 5
4. Cuttack: 21
5. Deogarh: 3
6. Dhenkanal: 5
7. Ganjam: 2
8. Jagatsinghpur: 3
9. Jajpur: 6
10. Jharsuguda: 2
11. Kendrapada: 8
12. Khurda: 132
13. Koraput: 1
14. Malkangiri: 1
15. Mayurbhanj: 5
16. Nayagarh: 2
17. Puri: 1
18. Rayagada: 1
19. Sambalpur: 14
20. Sundargarh: 6
21. State Pool: 31
The latest COVID fatalities have been reported from Dhenkanal (1) and Jagatsinghpur(1).
details of cases confirmed as death due to Covid-19:
1.A 34 years old Male of Dhenkanal District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus.
2.A 73 years old Male of Jagatsinghpur District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, Coronary Artery Disease & Hypothyroidism.
