In Odisha, another 3,896 COVID-19 patients have recovered taking the total recovery to 1,81,481.<br />'' <br />''On the other hand, 3,443 persons were reported positive today, taking the total caseload of the state to 2,19,119. <br />''<b> </b><br />''AIR correspondent reports,<b> </b>for the last couple of days, the viral velocity in the state has slowed down a bit  as is evident from the lead, the daily recovered patients have been making over the fresh infections.<br />'' <br />''The intra-day cases in the top two districts in terms of infection, namely Khordha with 601 and Cuttack with 359 fresh infection, too have reported only about half the cases they used to report only a few days ago.<br />'' <br />''With daily recovery rather than daily infection now on the surge,  the active caseload of the state too has got deflated by more than 1,000 cases, now resting below 37,000.<br />