Bhubaneshwar (Odisha) [India] July 2 (ANI): 229 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in Odisha, the state government informed on Thursday.

The total number of positive cases in the state is 7545, including 2157 active cases and 5353 recoveries.

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Twenty-seven patients have succumbed to the infectious virus. (ANI)

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