In Odisha, with the death of 15 COVID patientsreported in the last twenty four hours, the total number of persons succumbingto the  infection has risen to 1006. On the other hand, more people arerecovering from the infection daily, in comparison to the fresh infections.

While the covid-19 caseload of the state is aboutto hit the 2.5 lakh mark, the incremental recovery has made the active caseloadclimb down to about 28 thousand, as of now. While the daily positive casescontinue to be on the higher side of two thousand, the corresponding recovery too has been surging ahead, as is evident from the fresh discharge of as manyas 3404 persons from hospitals. Even the two hotspot districts of Khordha andCuttack have also been reporting fewer cases now,  bringing in the muchneeded relief to the state as it struggles to stamp the virus down.

In Tripura, 223 fresh COVID cases were registered for and 327 patients were discharged after recovery in the past 24 hours. Also,  two patients were reported to have expired taking the total death toll to 310 in corona virus infection.

The state Covid-19 bulletin reports that the total number of infected people rose to 27,982. Officials said that so far 23,778 patients have recovered while 3868 patients are undergoing treatment. In the state, the recovery rate has further improved to 85.05%.