Odisha

Daily COVID-19 Test Reaches 5,000 In Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 RT-PCR tests per day in Odisha went up to 5,000 on Saturday. With this, total 11,8,466 samples have been tested in the state.

With the corona positive cases rising at a high rate in the State, particularly after the arrival of migrants from other states, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has set a target of 10,000 daily tests.

Odisha now has total 1269 corona positive cases with 826 active cases. While 436 COVID-19 patients have recovered, seven have succumbed to the disease in the state so far.

OB Bureau

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