In Odisha, covid-19 recovery has gone up to 3,02,796. While 1303 patients recovered from the infection yesterday, 868 persons were found positive during the last 24 hours taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 3,11,788. Covid-19 fatalities have also increased to 1592.  
 

Even as the intraday recovery continues to maintain its lead over new case discovery, the cumulative covid-19 recovery is short of about eight thousand cases to catch up with the total case count.
 
Meanwhile, in a welcome decision, the state government has designated a hospital in capital Bhubaneswar for the exclusive healthcare of doctors and covid Warriors infected with the virus. The dedicated hospital will have all measures of health care that include special, critical, and intensive care.

 
While the decision will act as a morale booster for the doctors and covid Warriors, the state government views it as a step forward against the virus which is already in the backfoot in the state, as of now.