Bhubaneswar: August 05: With 1342 fresh Covid Positive cases recorded in last 24 hours, Odisha’s total caseload increased to 9,83,523. On the other side, 1630 patients recovered yesterday and total number of recovered cases number reached 9,63,718.
Health Department has informed about 68 new deaths happened due to Covid-19 and with this, total death toll grew to 6236. As stated by H & FW Department, these deaths are not of a particular day. It gives details of past deaths for which the death audit process has been duly completed and the cause of death has been identified as due to Covid-19.
Active cases number reduced further to 13,516.
66,146 samples have been tested yesterday and the daily positivity rate remains at 2,02.
District-wise Cases in last 24 hours:
Angul30, Balasore 59, Bargarh 8, Bhadrak 40, Balangir 3, Cuttack 164, Deogarh 3, Dhenkanal 19, Gajapati 4, Ganjam 9, Jagatsinghpur 78, Jajpur 66, Jharsuguda 3, Kalahandi 3, Kandhamal 5, Kendrapara 43, Keonjar 23, Khurda 477, Koraput 11, Malkangiri 7, Mayurbhanj 41, Nawarangpur 2, Nayagarh 28, Nuapada 3, Puri 55, Rayagada 18, Sambalpur 18, Sonepur 4, Sundergarh 13 and 105 cases from State Pool.