The State reported 453 new Covid-19 positive cases in 23 districts and the State pool on Tuesday, with which the total tally increased to 10, 28,819.Among those infected were 53 children in the age group of 0 to 18 years.Notably, the State had recorded 407 cases on Monday.
In the last 24 hours, 58,223 samples were tested and the test positivity rate (TPR) was 0.77 per cent. The active cases stood at 4,935.Out of the new cases, 265 cases were reported from quarantine and 188 local contacts.Khordha district reported the day’s highest 201 cases followed by Cuttack with 59, Jagatsinghpur 24, Mayurbhanj 22, Puri 19, Sambalpur 18, Baleswar 17, Jajpur 13, Sundargarh six, Bhadrak and Kendrapada four each, Deogarh, Koraput, Nayagarh and Rayagada three each, Ganjam two and Angul, Bargarh, Balangir, Boudh, Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda and Keonjhar one each. Besides, 45 cases were reported from the State pool. Three more patients succumbed to the disease in the State, mounting the total death toll to 8,220. While two deaths were reported from Ganjam district, one was from Khordha. However, 567 person recovered on the day, increasing the total recoveries to 10,16,165.