Bhubaneswar: Even though the daily rate of Covid-19 infection is dipping, the fatalities due to the virus continue to be high. Odisha registered 720 new Covid-19 cases and 68 fresh fatalities in the last 24 hours, Health department officials said.
Among those infected, 96 are between the 0-18 age group. The new infections took the total tally in the state to 9,96,153 while the active caseload in the state now stands at 9,672. The number of positive cases reported August 16 was 868 and 1,058 August 15. Out of the 720 new infections, 421 were reported from quarantine centres while 299 persons contracted the virus locally.
The new fatalities took the death toll in the state past the 7,000-mark. So far 7,021 persons have succumbed to the virus.
Cuttack district topped the fatality list with 14 deaths. It was followed by the districts of Jagatsinghpur and Angul (eight each), Jajpur (seven), Kendrapara and Balasore (six each), Khurda and Dhenkanal (five each), Puri and Rayagada (three each) and Sundargarh, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj (one each).
Khurda district registered the highest number of new cases with 279 persons testing positive for the disease. It was followed by Cuttack district with 91new infections. Notably, Khurda and Cuttack districts had reported 256 and 154 new cases respectively August 16.
Other districts that reported fresh Covid-19 cases are: Jagatsinghpur (33), Mayurbhanj (29), Jajpur (28), Bhadrak (22), Balasore (19), Nayagarh (18), Puri (16), Angul and Dhenkanal (15 each), Kendrapara (12), Keonjhar and Sundargarh (11 each), Kandhamal (nine), Rayagada (eight), Sambalpur (six), Kalahandi, Deogarh and Ganjam (five each), Malkangiri and Bolangir (four each), Koraput, Subarnapur and Jharsuguda (three each), Bargarh and Nuapada (two each), Nabarangpur and Boudh (one each).
The State Pool reported 60 new cases. These are persons who have come from outside Odisha and have tested positive. It was 54 August 16.
A total of 1,71,39,240 swab samples have been cumulatively tested so far. The number of recoveries in the last 24 hours stands at 1,167.
Source: I&PR
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