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.
India’s cases per lakh population are 30.04 while the global average is more than its triple, at 114.67, the health ministry said.
Beginning the virtual press briefing on the Coronavirus situation in Delhi, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said, 'Our country is fighting two wars against China - one at the border and another against virus from China.'
Meanwhile, Poonam Kapoor, a member of the UP State Women's Commission, told reporters that the girls were probably infected with coronavirus after shelter home staff visited a Kanpur hospital with two girls and came into contact with COVID-19 patients.
At the meeting it was decided that Delhi will conduct serological test of 20,000 samples from June 27 after 3,000 more cases were detected in the national capital and 63 more patients died in the last 24 hours.
At the campaign rally in Oklahoma, the US President also claimed victory over the pandemic.
