Odisha reports 1437 New COVID-19 cases; TPR below 2% with 64 more deaths

By: Shree1news, 01 AUG 2021

Bhubaneswar: Odisha recorded 1437 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours that took the state’s tally to 978705 on Saturday.

Out of 74735 samples examined, 832 are from quarantine centres whereas 605 are local contacts. The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) for the day dipped to 1.92 per cent.

Khurda district reported the highest 409 new infections, followed by Cuttack (190) and Puri (146).

Below are district-wise figures:

1. Angul: 47
2. Balasore: 64
3. Bargarh: 8
4. Bhadrak: 47
5. Balangir: 4
6. Boudh: 2
7. Cuttack: 190
8. Deogarh: 8
9. Dhenkanal: 21
10. Gajapati: 3
11. Ganjam: 10
12. Jagatsinghpur: 86
13. Jajpur: 66
14. Jharsuguda: 5
15. Kalahandi: 6
16. Kandhamal: 14
17. Kendrapada: 41
18. Keonjhar: 19
19. Khurda: 409
20. Koraput: 5
21. Malkangiri: 7
22. Mayurbhanj: 40
23. Nabarangpur: 2
24. Nayagarh: 36
25. Puri: 146
26. Rayagada: 11
27. Sambalpur: 16
28. Sonepur: 13
29. Sundargarh: 29
30. State Pool: 82

The Health Department also reported 64 more deaths resulting from COVID-19 as the toll surged to 5966.

Source:A-N

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