Odisha logs 1,058 fresh COVID-19 cases, 64 deaths
The State’s recovery rate currently stands at 98.25% while active cases account for 1.04% of total positive cases registered in the State.
The State’s recovery rate currently stands at 98.25% while active cases account for 1.04% of total positive cases registered in the State.
Over 49% of the total death toll has been recorded in the State in the past 54 days. As many as 2,691 Covid patients have succumbed to infection since 31 May at a daily average of almost 50 deaths. The surge in deaths had begun to emerge after the launch of the district-level audit for death recount.
The state now has 22,299 active cases, while 9,20,646 people have recovered from the disease to date, including 2,605 on Wednesday.
The State’s COVID management presents an intriguingly contrasting picture- steady decline in positive cases coupled with upward trend in the fatality graph.
Meanwhile, the active cases have come down to 25,461 with daily recoveries breaching the virus infections. As many as 3,120 patients who were either home isolated or hospitalized recuperated from the disease in the past 24 hours.
Several thousand supporters of the Trump defied the pandemic to attend the fiery rally last month, which was hyped as a major campaign relaunch ahead of the November election.
Benedetta Allegranzi, the WHO's technical lead for infection prevention and control, said that evidence emerging of airborne transmission of the coronavirus in 'crowded, closed, poorly ventilated settings that have been described, cannot be ruled out'.
Among all the imported cases, 1,877 had been discharged from hospitals after recovery, and 72 remained hospitalized, with no one in severe condition, the commission said.
As many as 15,672 samples were tested at authorised labs across the country in the last 24 hours, 22.26 per cent of which returned positive results.
The United States had on Monday said it would not allow foreign students to remain in the country if all of their classes are moved online this Fall because of the coronavirus crisis.
