Bhubaneswar: After a brief lull, the daily Covid-19 positive cases in Odisha continued the upward trend with the state registering 387 new cases from 6,308 samples in the last 24 hours.
According to the state Health Department statistics released on Thursday, this is the highest single-day tally in the last eight months.
The fresh Covid-19 cases have taken the tally of active cases beyond 2,000, as Odisha now has 2,177 active cases. The test positivity rate (TPR) stands at 6.1 per cent.
Odisha reported 377 new cases on Wednesday – a rise of 40 per cent since Tuesday and a TPR of 5.58%. The daily caseloads on Monday and Tuesday were 268 and 269 respectively.
It is worth mentioning here that the weekly TPR in Odisha was above 10% in three districts – Sonepur (15.5), Sundargarh (14.26), and Sambalpur (12.67) during the period April 10-16. What is alarming is that Odisha is now among the 10 states stimulating the country’s tally.
Meanwhile, India reported 12,591 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, which was 20 per cent higher than Wednesday’s tally.
