<span style="color: #222222;">In Odisha, covid-19 sample tests have crossed 55 lakh. On the other hand, while the total positive cases of the state have increased to 3,13,323, the number of recovery has also gone up to 3,04,908.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent reports, with a positivity rate of 5.8% Odisha witness to a continuous contraction in cases as against covid-19 resurgence in some other states.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In terms of covid-19 death too, with 1625 fatalities so far, the state has a comparatively low case fatality rate of around 0.5%.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Even as the positivity rate drops, the active caseload too has tumbled down below eight thousand.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Even out of the active cases, more than 75% are convalescing in the comforts of home isolation thereby easing pressure on the covid-19 healthcare architecture.</span><br />''