New Covid cases in Odisha fall below 1000 for first time in 4 months

BHUBANESWAR: In a big relief to the state health machinery, Odisha’s daily Covid count went down below 1000 for the first time in four months since the second wave hit the state. On Monday, the state reported 886 new infections from 66,063 samples tested, a positivity rate of 1.34%, which is a new low.
On April 8, the state had reported 879 cases. The new development brought hope that cases would come down, even if slowly. While 15 of the 30 districts reported cases in single digit, two western districts of Balangir and Nuapada saw no Covid cases in the past 24 hours. The new cases were mostly concentrated in Khurda, Cuttack, Puri, Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur and Balasore districts. Khurda (253) and Cuttack (81) are the bulk of the contributors to the state’s caseload.
Jayant Panda, government’s technical adviser on Covid-19, said although the fall in infection in the second wave is very slow compared to the first, with effective strategies and aggressive vaccination drive, Odisha has contained it. “We hope, very soon, Odisha will see cases going down below 500. To bring down cases faster, people should adhere to Covid-appropriate behaviour,” Panda said.
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