Bhubaneswar: For the second consecutive day, the State witnessed over 10,000 Covid cases. On Friday, the State recorded 10,273 Covid-19 cases taking the active caseload to 53,171.
Information and Public Relation department says, out of the 10,273 fresh cases, 1,065 cases from 0 to 18 years age group. The State had yesterday recorded 10,059 cases.
Similarly, 5,962 were detected in quarantine while 4,311 are local contact cases, said the department.
Highest 3,496 cases reported from Khordha district followed by Sundergarh (1049), Cuttack (844) and Sambalpur (529).
Similarly, Balasore recorded 457 Covid cases today while Mayurbhanj recorded 340 cases, followed by Puri (269), Kalahandi (203), Jharsuguda (202), Bolangir (191), Koraput (186), Rayagada (183), Jajpur (143), Jagatsinghpur (132), Sonepur (132), Gajapati (126), Nabarangpur (125), Nayagarh (121), Keonjhar (114), Bargarh (102), Bhadrak (102), Angul (85), Kendrapara (74), Dhenkanal (69), Ganjam (55), Nuapada (45), Malkangiri (30), Kandhamal (26), Boudh (24), Deogarh (23) and State Pool (796).
Meanwhile, the State has reported four death cases from Bhadrak, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur and Sundergarh. Now, the death toll in the State stood at 8476.
The daily test positivity rate (TPR) of Odisha went up to 13.5 per cent from 1 2.40 per cent recorded yesterday. The State had recorded a TPR of 11.76 per cent on January 12 and 10.25 per cent on January 11.
