The daily positivity rate stood at 2.68 percent as the new infections were detected from 15,097 sample tests.
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In the biggest Covid spike in the last four months, Odisha recorded 401 cases on Wednesday, pushing the tally to 12,91,518 while 44 in the 0-18 year age group are among the new infectees, the health department said.
The latest rise in infection is the biggest spike in the last four months. On 4 July, the State had logged 346 Covid cases. On 22 February, the state had reported 428 cases.
The test positivity rate dropped to 2.65 percent from 2.9 percent the previous day, it said.
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The coronavirus death toll, however, remained at 9,126 with no fresh fatality reported for almost three months. The fresh infections, detected out of 15,097 samples, comprise 44 children.
Khurda, where the capital Bhubaneswar is located, reported the highest number of single-day cases at 194, followed by 64 in Cuttack, the department said.
Odisha now has 1,957 active cases, while a total of 12,80,382 people have recovered from the disease so far. Only 2 out of 30 districts of the State have so far turned Coronavirus-free with zero active cases, the department informed.
The State’s share is 3% in the country’s confirmed virus caseload while the active cases are 12.33% of India’s total active cases. The number of cured patients accounts for 3.01% of the country’s total recovery. Odisha has so far reported 1.75% of the country’s Coronavirus deaths.
The daily positivity rate stood at 2.68 percent as the new infections were detected from 15,097 sample tests. The new positive cases were reported from 21 districts while the remaining 9 districts did not log any positive cases in the last 24 hours.
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