Odisha largely free from caste, religion resonance in electoral politics
Caste calculation, religious affiliation has never emerged as a tool to woo voters.
Odisha today recorded the highest single day cases of COVID recovery and the tally crossed 23,000-mark with a record number of 1,119 patients getting cured of the disease, said official sources here.
Only 35.74% of patients infected of the contagion are currently undergoing treatment at COVID hospitals.
The State’s COVID-19 infections currently stand at 36,297 while the number of active patients has come down to 12,975. A total of 23,073 patients have so far been discharged from COVID hospitals after the recovery.
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With the latest additions of cured patients, the recovery rate from COVID-19 pandemic stands at 63.56%. Earlier today the State with 1,384 infections had reported the steepest single day spike of the disease.
A total of 354 patients were cured of the disease in the COVID hotspot Ganjam district. The recovery rate in the district stands at 69.57%.
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