Odisha reports 1 617 new COVID-19 cases 13 fresh fatalities

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    Bhubaneswar, Oct 29 (PTI) Odisha's COVID-19 tally
mounted to 2,87,099 on Thursday as 1,617 more people tested
positive for the infection, a health department official said.
    Thirteen fresh fatalities pushed the coastal state's
coronavirus death toll to 1,297, he said.
    As many as 941 new cases were reported in quarantine
centres, while 676 infections were detected during contact
tracing, the official said.
    At least 1,908 patients were cured of the disease
during the day, taking the total number of recoveries to
2,72,038, which is 94.75 per cent of Odisha's caseload, he
said.
    Khurda district, under which Bhubaneswar falls,
reported the highest number of new cases at 222, followed by
Cuttack (128) and Sundargarh (93), he said.
    Two fresh fatalities each were recorded in Khurda,
Cuttack, Balasore, Nuapada and Angul, and one each in
Keonjhar, Jagatsinghpur and Sambalpur districts, the official
said.
    Fifty-three coronavirus patients have died due to
other ailments so far, he said.
    Ganjam district has reported the highest number
of coronavirus fatalities at 228, followed by Khurda (223) and
Cuttack (108), the official said.
    Odisha now has 13,711 active coronavirus cases, which
accounted for 4.77 per cent of the state's total caseload, he
said.
    The state has so far tested over 44.63 lakh samples
for COVID-19, including 41,395 on Wednesday, the official
said, adding that the positivity rate stands at 6.43 per cent.
    Meanwhile, the state government has extended the
functioning of the COVID-19 facilities, which have signed MoUs
with the administration, till December 31. PTI AAM ACD
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