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.
Home Minister Amit Shah was discharged from Medanta Hospital, Gurugram on August 14 after testing negative for Coronavirus.
The commission also said 356 asymptomatic cases, including 221 from outside the mainland, were still under medical observation.
Globally, the overall number of Coronavirus cases has topped 21.5 million, while the deaths neared 7,74,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
The case from the managed isolation is a child returning New Zealand from Afghanistan via Dubai on August 3.
After the lockdown was lifted late in July allowing almost all economic and social activities to operate largely without restrictions, the death toll also started to climb rapidly along with cases.
