As many as 745 people tested Covid-19 positive in 25 districts and the State pool on Friday, with which the total tally
Among the new cases were 119 children in the 0 to18 year age group.On Thursday, 771 persons had tested positive.In the last 24 hours, 66,106 tests were conducted and the test positivity rate (TPR) was 1.12 per cent. The active cases stood at 7,087.Out of the new cases, 435 were quarantine cases and local contacts 310.Khordha district reported the highest number of 297 cases followed by Cuttack with 120, Baleswar and Mayurbhanj 32 each, Jajpur 27, Sundargarh 24, Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapada 18 each, Puri 17, Nayagarh and Baragarh 11 and Sambalpur and Angul 10 each.
The districts recording below-10 cases were Bhadrak and Dhenkanal nine each, Deogarh six, Keonjhar five, Nabarangpur four each, Ganjam and Kandhamal three each, Rayagada and Nuapada two each and Subarnapur, Koraput and Malkangiri one eachTotal 72 cases were reported from the State pool. Six more persons succumbed to the disease in last 24 hours, pushing the total death toll to 8,084. One death each was reported from Angul, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Mayurbhanj and Puri districts.
However, 689 more patients recovered from the disease in last 24 hours, with which the total recoveries increased to 10,00,548.
Bhubaneswar on Friday registered 288 new Covid-19 cases, with which the total tally in the capital city increased to 1,09,078.
Of the new cases, 198 were local contacts and 90 from quarantine.On Thursday, 258 infections had been detected in the city.So far, 1,099 patients have succumbed to the disease in the city.