On Monday Odisha registered 868 coronavirus cases fresh cases, the lowest in the past four months, at 1.39% Test Positivity Rate with the tally rising to 9,95,433, while 64 fresh fatalities pushed the death toll to 6,953, according to State’s COVID dashboard portal. Of the freshly infected persons, 104 are children in the age group of 0-18 years. The coastal state now has 10,187 active cases, and 9,78,240 patients have so far recovered from the disease, including 1,043 in the last 24 hours.
Khurda district, including state capital Bhubaneswar, reported the highest number of 256 new infections followed by Cuttack 154, Balasore 52, Jajpur 45, Sambalpur 39, Mayurbhanj 28, Angul 26, Kendrapara 26, Jagatsinghpur 23, Nayagarh 21, Puri 21, Bhadrak 19, and Dhenkanal 15. Sambalpur district reported the highest 12 deaths followed by eight from Cuttack, seven from Angul, five each from Balasore and Dhenkanal, four each from Bargarh, Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur and Khurda, two each from Ganjam, Kalahandi, Kendrapara, and Subarnapur, and one each from Bolangir, Deogarh, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, and Nayagarh.
More than 60% of the total death toll has been recorded in the State in the past 77 days, thus showing the disturbing fact of the doubling of the combined fatalities. As many as 4,197 Covid patients have succumbed to infection since 31 May at a daily average of over 54 deaths while the cumulative death toll currently stood at 6,953. The surge in deaths had begun to emerge after the launch of the district-level audit for death recount. Khurda continues to be in the red zone with 3,638 active cases, while Cuttack is under the yellow zone with 1,356 active cases. The remaining 28 districts are in the green zone, he said.
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