Odisha sees first Covid-19 death in 2023
The active tally reached 1186, with 257 new COVID cases detected in the last 24 hours, while the virus claimed another life in Odisha, according to data released by the Health Ministry on Friday.
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Bhubaneswar: The active tally reached 1186, with 257 new COVID cases detected in the last 24 hours, while the virus claimed another life in Odisha, according to data released by the Health Ministry on Friday.
It also stated that further reconciliation of mortality figures is underway.
The number of new cases, according to the state dashboard, is 258. The test positivity rate was 4.1%, with these infections detected in 6279 samples.
The COVID scare has resurfaced, accompanied by a significant increase in daily infection over the last week. In the last three days, Odisha has reported 200 or more infections. With 200 cases on Thursday, the active tally surpassed 1,000 for the first time in six months. Between April 5 and 11, Sonepur had the highest weekly positivity rate in the state, at 10.8 percent. According to Ministry statistics, four other districts with a TPR of more than 5% are Sambalpur (9.6%), Sundargarh (9.1%), Balangir (7.6%), and Nabarangpur (5.4%).
According to health department sources, Nabarangpur, Sambalpur, and Sundargarh have each recorded more than 30 cases per day for the last four days.
The daily test positivity rate had risen to 4% from 2% a few days ago, despite a drop in testing in the state from 6,000 to less than 5,000. Odisha is also seeing an increase in juvenile cases, indicating that the infection has spread to children.
Notably, a 50-year-old man from the Sundargarh district died of the disease while receiving treatment at a COVID hospital.
