The coastal State recorded 68 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest single-day spike in the last 4 months at 0.15% positivity rate on Monday, which took the state’s coronavirus tally to 12,86,694, a health bulletin said.
A total of 12 children were among the newly infected, the bulletin said, adding that 43,405 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, a bulletin stated adding that 8 districts did not report any infection.
The death toll rose to 9,115 with four fresh fatalities reported in the last 24 hours. These are confirmed as Covid deaths after an audit. Fifty-three other coronavirus patients have died due to comorbidities so far, according to data.
While Keonjhar district has no coronavirus patient at present, the cumulative tally rose to 12,86,694, including 12,76,675 recoveries as 110 patients recovered in the previous day, it added
The State’s recovery rate currently stands at 99.22% while active cases (851) account for 0.06% of total positive cases registered in the State.
The State’s share is 3.44% in the country’s confirmed virus caseload while the active cases are 0.05% of India’s total active cases. The number of cured patients accounts for 3.62% of the country’s total recovery. Odisha has so far reported 1.87% of the country’s Coronavirus deaths.
The State’s health authorities have so far administered 6,19,86,581 COVID-19 vaccine doses while 2,82,24,095 people out of 3.09 crore eligible adult population are fully vaccinated. A total of 8,30,813 have so far received booster or precaution dose so far. Around 92% of the eligible population has so far received both the doses of vaccine.