Odisha Reports 2698 New Virus Cases, Positives Go Further Down In Ganjam

Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Friday reported 2698 new virus cases taking its overall tally to 72718. The State's death toll due to SARS-nCoV infection also rose to 390 with 10 more patients succumbing to the disease on Friday.

Virus cases continued a downward trend in Ganjam with the district registering 162 cases. This is the first time the district has reported case numbers below 200-mark in the past several weeks.

COVID19 cases maintained a steep spike of more than 200 cases in Cuttack. 8 districts reported over 100-plus cases with Khordha witnessing the State's highest of 475 cases today. Koraput, Rayagada, Sundargarh, Balasore also reported more than 100-plus cases.

2698 new #COVID19 cases take #Odisha's total virus tally to 72718.

8 districts report over 100-plus cases with Khordha witnessing the State's highest of 475 cases today.

Ganjam's day-wise case numbers come down below 200-mark for first time in several weeks. pic.twitter.com/l6KVDlfoMq

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In terms of new death cases, Ganjam reported 4 deaths on Friday while Bhubaneswar reported 2.

Odisha's COVID19 death toll touches 390 mark after 10 more people succumb to the disease.

4 from Ganjam
2 from Bhubaneswar
1 each from Koraput, Nayagarh, Sonepur & Angul.#Covid19 #Odisha pic.twitter.com/M2GglYPgxJ

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Active cases in the State rise to 23699 while recoveries remain at 48576. The State Health Department on Friday informed that another record high of 11358 RT-PCR tests was conducted in Odisha in the last 24 hours.

56479 #COVID19 tests conducted in #Odisha in last 24 hours.

RTPCR- 11358
Antigen-44950
TruNat-171

(Health Dept)

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