Odisha Records Highest Single-Day COVID-19 Recoveries

Bhubaneswar: As many as 123 persons infected with COVID-19 recovered in Odisha on Friday, taking the total recoveries in the State to 1604.

Informing the development, State Health and Family Welfare Department said that the recovered patients are being discharged. While 35 patients recovered from Ganjam, 22 from Cuttack, 14 from Nuapada, 14 from Balangir, 10 from Khurda, 7 from Kandhamal, 5 from Koraput and 4 from Kendrapara.

With this, the active cases in the State now stand at 994 while death toll stands at eight.

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Highest single-day #COVID19 recoveries in #Odisha

123 #COVID19 patients recover

Total recoveries in State surge to 1604

(Odisha Health Department)

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Record 123 #COVID19 recoveries in #Odisha

35 from Ganjam
22 from Cuttack
14 from Nuapada
14 from Balangir
10 from Khurda
7 from Kandhamal
5 from Koraput
4 from Kendrapara
3 each from Balasore, Dhenkanal, Nayagarh
1 each from Angul, Mayurbhanj, Sundargarh

(Health Deptt)

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Earlier in the day, the State reported 130 new coronavirus cases and one death. Cuttack reported highest 23 positive cases, followed by 22 each in Khurda and Mayurbhanj, Ganjam 12, 7 each from Gajapati and Sundergarh district.

Similarly, 6 cases were detected in Koraput, 4 cases each in Bargarh and  Bhadrak,  three cases each in Bolangir, Jajpur, Kandhamal and Kalahandi, two cases each in Kendrapada, Keonjhar and Dhenkanal, and one case each in Puri, Rayagada, Jagatsinghpur , Angul  and Sonepur.

On the other hand, a 63-year-old male of Khurda district who had tested positive for Covid-19 passed away while under treatment in a hospital. He was a chronic patient of diabetes and other underlying comorbidities, the State government informed.