Bhubaneswar, Sep 22 (PTI) Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 13,32,533 on Thursday as 252 more people, including 43 children, tested positive for the infection, a bulletin by the health department said.

The state had recorded 199 infections on Wednesday.

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The toll remained unchanged at 9,186, with no fatality reported from any part of the state. Fifty-three other COVID-19 patients have died due to comorbidities so far, it said.

Odisha currently has 1,437 active cases, while 13,21,857 patients have recovered from the disease thus far.

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The daily positivity rate stood at 1.75 per cent as the state conducted 14,400 sample tests since Wednesday.

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