Odisha Covid Death Toll Crosses 800-Mark, Case Curve Sees A Downtrend

Bhubaneswar: For the second consecutive day, Odisha witnessed a downtrend with a single-day spike of 3235 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. The surge has taken the infection tally in the State to 212609.

Of the fresh cases, 1915 patients are from quarantine, while 1320 are local contact cases, informed State I&PR department.

The death toll has mounted to 813 as 16 more patients succumbed to the virus during the period. State Health and Family Welfare Department informed three COVID-19 positive patients died in Balasore, two deaths each were reported from Bhubaneswar, Mayurbhanj and Puri. Cuttack, Nabarangpur, Kandhamal, Kalahandi, Ganjam, Dhenkanal, and Bolangir districts registered one death each.

16 more #COVID19 patients succumb to the disease in last 24 hours in #Odisha

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As per the information shared by I&PR department, maximum 506 cases were reported from Khordha district followed by Cuttack (318 new cases), Angul (179), and Bargarh (137 new cases).

#Khordha reports a record 506 #COVID19 positive cases in last 24 hours

District-wise details of the new cases in #Odisha: pic.twitter.com/gFgB3efDpy

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Official reports reveal 47,634 samples were tested on Sunday for COVID-19 that include 6648 RT-PCR, 40945 samples via Antigen testing, and 41 samples via Truenat testing, taking the number of samples tested cumulatively across the state to 3159400.

The active case count stands at 38172 while so far 173571 have recuperated from the disease.

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