Odisha: Covid-19 Death Nears 1200-Mark, 1913 Positive In Last 24 Hours

Bhubaneswar: The Covid-19 cases in Odisha continued its declining trend for the fourth consecutive day with 1913 cases in the last 24 hours. However, the death rate remained static with at least 15 persons succumbing to the virus in the State on Thursday.

With this, the Covid-19 caseload rose to 276094 which included 19932 and 254913 recoveries while the death toll mounted to 1196.

Of the new positive cases, 1109 patients are from quarantine while 804 are local contact cases. Three districts recorded over 100 cases with Khordha witnessing the maximum 254 cases followed by Cuttack 150 fresh cases and Angul 106 cases, as per the data by State I&PR department.

#Odisha: Khordha reports highest 254 #COVID19 positive cases in the last 24 hours. Dist wise case details: pic.twitter.com/9UNNcNJw2U

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The Health department said while three deaths were reported from Angul and Mayurbhanj, two deaths each were reported in Dhenkanal, Khorhda (Bhubaneswar) and Sonepur and one death each from Cuttack, Puri and Sundergarh (Rourkela).

#Odisha: Khordha reports highest 254 #COVID

15 more patients succumb to #coronavirus in #Odisha in the last 24 hours, death toll mounts to 1196 pic.twitter.com/MCwzKGoVzt

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Official reports revealed that 40114 samples were tested on Saturday for Covid-19 taking the number of samples tested cumulatively across the State to 4199508.

(Edited By Rashmi Ranjan Mohanty)

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