Odisha logs 79 new COVID-19 cases at 0.16% positivity rate

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The coastal State recorded 79 new COVID-19 cases at 0.16% positivity rate on Friday, which took the state’s coronavirus tally to 12,87,036, a health bulletin said.

A total of 9 children were among the newly infected, the bulletin said, adding that 48,408 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, a bulletin stated adding that 13 districts did not report any infection.

The death toll remained static at 9,116 as no fresh fatality was 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.

The cumulative tally rose to 12,87,036, including 12,77,153 recoveries as 108 patients recovered in the previous day, it added

The State’s recovery rate currently stands at 99.23% while active cases (714) account for 0.05% 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 0.04% 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 6,21,28,021 COVID-19 vaccine doses while 2,83,37,501 people out of 3.09 crore eligible adult population are fully vaccinated. A total of 8,38,858 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.