India News | Nine Odisha Districts Turn Covid Free
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Altogether nine of Odisha's 30 districts became Covid-19 free on Wednesday even as 14 more people tested positive for the virus taking the tally to 12,87,874, a health department official said.
Bhubaneswar, Apr 13 (PTI) Altogether nine of Odisha's 30 districts became Covid-19 free on Wednesday even as 14 more people tested positive for the virus taking the tally to 12,87,874, a health department official said.
The toll remained unchanged at 9,122 as no fresh fatality was registered.
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The nine districts with no new or active coronavirus cases are Nayagarh, Keonjhar, Puri, Deogarh, Jharsuguda, Koraput Rayagada, Sundaragrh and Kalahandi.
Of the new positive cases, four were reported from Sundergarh district, three in Bolangir, two each in Balasore and Kendrapada and one each in Deogarh, Gajapati and Sonepur, the official said.
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The state presently has 111 active cases while as many as 12,78,588 patients have recovered from the highly infectious disease.
(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)