The State on Tuesday reported a further reduced Covid-19 caseload with 625 new cases in the 30 districts and the State pool. With this, the total tally reached 10,02,323. Notably, the State had recorded 761 cases on Monday. And again, out of the new cases, 80 children in the age group of 0 and 18 years tested positive.A total of 53,527 samples were tested in the last 24 hours and the test positivity rate (TPR) was 1.16 per cent. The active cases in the State stood at 8,443.Out of the new cases, 366 were from quarantine and 259 local contacts.
Khordha district reported the day's highest 214 cases followed by Cuttack with 56, Baleswar 50, Jagatsinghpur 38, Jajpur 34, Puri 29, Angul 18, Sambalpur 18, Rayagada 12, Koraput 11, Nayagarh 10, Deogarh and Kendrapada nine each, Bhadrak eight, Bargarh, Mayurbhanj seven, Dhenkanal and Ganjam six each, Jharsuguda and Kalahandi three each, Kandhamal and Gajapati two each and Nuapada and Malkangiri one each.Besides, 48 positives were detected from State Pool. Meanwhile, another 67 patients succumbed to disease, mounting total death toll to 7,493, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.