In Odisha, corona positive cases have almost tripled during the last three days. While the daily positive cases day before yesterday stood at 424, the figure spiked to 1216 yesterday. Due to this, the total number of active cases as of now has further shot up to 3981. On the other hand, the total number of cases infected by the Omicron variant has gone up to 37.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, given the higher rate of infection by the new variant, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik yesterday directed the state health administration to spruce up all the covid hospitals in the state while appealing the people to abide by the covid 19 preventive protocols.<br />''<br />''<br />