Odisha reports 296 new Covid-19 cases, three deaths

Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Tuesday reported 296 new Covid-19 cases, pushing the state’s tally to 10,44,041, the health department said.

Khurda district reported 152 cases followed by Cuttack (23) and Gajapati (10), reported PTI.

Nine out of 30 districts of the state did not report any new case in the last 24 hours. The Covid death toll mounted to 8,364 with three more fatalities – two in Khurda and one in Angul district.

The number of active Covid cases dropped to 3,058 on Tuesday. A total of 10,32,566 people have recovered from Covid so far in the state. Over 2.64 crore first doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been administered in the state and 1.27 crore people have been fully jabbed.