Bhubaneswar: Odisha sees a massive spike as 8778 more persons tested COVID positive during the last 24 hours.
While a total of 74,611 samples were tested in the state yesterday, the Test Positivity Rate (TPR) for the day stood at 11.7%.
Out of the 8778 cases, 792 are children below 18 years of age.
Khurda district registered highest 2615 fresh infections, followed by Sundargarh (1252) and Cuttack (766).
Given below are district-wise list of the new cases-
1. Angul: 107
2. Balasore: 231
3. Bargarh: 136
4. Bhadrak: 103
5. Balangir: 216
6. Boudh: 12
7. Cuttack: 766
8. Deogarh: 25
9. Dhenkanal: 78
10. Gajapati: 72
11. Ganjam: 106
12. Jagatsinghpur: 114
13. Jajpur: 191
14. Jharsuguda: 203
15. Kalahandi: 86
16. Kandhamal: 20
17. Kendrapada: 46
18. Keonjhar: 95
19. Khurda: 2615
20. Koraput: 161
21. Malkangiri: 12
22. Mayurbhanj: 338
23. Nabarangpur: 112
24. Nayagarh: 75
25. Nuapada: 67
26. Puri: 216
27. Rayagada: 65
28. Sambalpur: 596
29. Sonepur: 87
30. Sundargarh: 1252
31. State Pool: 575