In Odisha, covid-19 recovery has further increased to 227615. As many as 3342 patients were reported to be cured on Monday as against a fresh discovery of 2423 cases. With 18 more death, the total fatalities in the state has mounted to 1040.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports, with recovery on the rise, the active viral load of the state continues to spiral down for over a week now.<br />'' <br />''The gradual withdrawal of the viral footprints from across the state is apparent from the fact that the number of districts reporting new cases beyond 100 everyday has significantly scaled down to only five on Monday as against more than half the districts out of 30, a few days ago.<br />'' <br />''Among the districts, while Khordha with 359 cases continues to top the daily covid tally, Cuttack with 118 fresh cases has managed to give way to Angul with 229  to be in the top second.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, in order to give a further push to the covid-19 treatment architecture, the state government has made yet another dedicated covid-19 hospital operational in the tribal dominated district of Koraput from Monday.</span><br />