Bhubaneswar, Apr 6 (PTI) Odisha reported 16 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, one more than the previous day, with the tally rising to 12,87,773, a health department bulletin said.

The death toll remained at 9,121 as no fresh fatality due to the infection was recorded for six consecutive days, it said.

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Besides, 53 other coronavirus patients have died due to comorbidities.

At least 45 more people recuperated from the disease in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 12,78,367.

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Odisha now has 232 active cases.

The daily positivity rate stood at 0.09 per cent as the new infections were detected from 18,407 sample tests, the bulletin said.

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