Nine coronavirus patients have died in Odisha, and 342 people tested positive for the pathogen, the Health Department said on Wednesday.
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The daily positivity rate was 0.58 per cent and 83 children were among those newly infected, a bulletin stated, adding that 58,565 samples were tested in the past 24 hours. The infections are the lowest since 298 cases on January 1. The state had logged 428 COVID-19 cases and 10 deaths on Tuesday.
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Two patients in Puri were among the new fatalities, taking the toll to 9,045. These are confirmed as Covid deaths after an audit. Fifty-three other COVID-19 patients have died due to comorbidities so far, according to data.
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There are 4,320 active COVID-19 cases, and 968 patients recuperated from the disease in the last 24 hours. The tally rose to 12,83,639, including 12,70,221 recoveries, it added.
With PTI inputs.
