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By: shree1news, 22 AUG 2021
Bhubaneswar: As many as 853 more persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha during the last 24 hours whereas a total of 67834 samples were tested in the state, yesterday. The Test Positivity Rate for the day stood at 1.25%.
Out of the 853 cases, 100 are below 18 years of age. Khurda district reported highest 286 fresh infections, followed by Cuttack (140) and Balasore (46).
With this, the COVID-19 tally in the state reached 1000937 with 9302 active cases.
Below are district-wise figures of the new cases.
1. Angul: 29
2. Balasore: 46
3. Bargarh: 12
4. Bhadrak: 18
5. Balangir: 2
6. Cuttack: 140
7. Deogarh: 13
8. Dhenkanal: 10
9. Gajapati: 1
10. Ganjam: 11
11. Jagatsinghpur: 32
12. Jajpur: 33
13. Jharsuguda: 2
14. Kalahandi: 3
15. Kandhamal: 1
16. Kendrapada: 21
17. Keonjhar: 16
18. Khurda: 286
19. Koraput: 3
20. Malkangiri: 1
21. Mayurbhanj: 21
22. Nayagarh: 22
23. Puri: 35
24. Rayagada: 4
25. Sambalpur: 19
26. Sonepur: 1
27. Sundargarh: 12
28. State Pool: 59
The Health Department also reported 69 more deaths because of COVID-19 as the toll rose to 7358. Jagatsinghpur and Cuttack districts registered highest 13 fatalities each.
Source:A-N
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