New Covid-19 cases are witnessing a rise again with the State reporting 2,085 infected persons in the last 24 hours, up from 1,648 the previous day.
According to the reports, the test positivity rate (TPR) has also gone up to nearly three pc from 2.4 pc. Health department sources stated that the infection rate went up in 18 districts with Cuttack recording highest 5.5 pc and Bhadrak at five pc.
The districts that have posed challenges for the administration are Jajpur (4.7 pc), Khurda and Balasore (4.3 pc each) and Nayagarh (4 pc).
The districts recording more than 100 cases rose from four to seven as Khurda topped with 528 new infections followed by 210 in Cuttack, 173 in Bhadrak, 132 in Jajpur, 113 in Balasore, 108 in Jagatsinghpur and 106 in Puri.
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