Bhubaneswar, Sep 27 (PTI) Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 13,33,499 on Tuesday as 167 more people, including 22 children, tested positive for the infection, a health department bulletin said.

The state had recorded 164 infections and a fatality on Monday.

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The COVID-19 death toll rose to 9,192 as a 55-year-old woman succumbed to the disease in Jagatsinghpur district. Besides, 53 other patients have died due to comorbidities so far, it said.

The state now has 1,423 active COVID-19 cases, while 13,22,831 patients have recovered from the disease to date, including 182 in the last 24 hours.

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The daily positivity rate was at 1.53 per cent as 10,904 samples were tested for the infection in the last 24 hours.

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