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Odisha registers 168 new Covid cases, eight fresh fatalities

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The daily positivity rate in the state was at 0.37 per cent. (Photo credit: Pixabay)

Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Tuesday reported 168 new Covid positive cases, lowest number of infections since December last, the health department bulletin said.

Odisha’s Covid-19 tally rose to 12,85,206 on Tuesday, as the death toll in the state rose to 9,079 with eight more deaths, it added.

The state had logged 171 Covid-19 cases and seven deaths on Monday.

Odisha now has 2,340 active cases, while 12,73,734 patients have recovered from the disease, including 430 in the last 24 hours. The daily positivity rate was 0.37 per cent, and 29 children were among the new infections, the bulletin stated.

The state has conducted 45,204 sample tests in the past 24 hours.


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