Bhubaneswar,Oct 21 (UNI) The test positivity rate in Odisha further dipped to 0.7 percent as out 68,919 tests conducted in the past 24 hours 524 tested covid positive taking the tally in the state to 10,37,056.
Health and family Welfare department sources said out of 524 new cases,308 were reported from the quarantine centres and 216 as local contact cases.
As many as 82 new cases, about 15.6 percent were reported in the age group of 0 to 18 years and Khordha district registered the highest number of 254 cases.