<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman;color:#222222"><span style="background:white">In Odisha, with the death of 15 COVID patientsreported in the last twenty four hours, the total number of persons succumbingto the  infection has risen to 1006. On the other hand, more people arerecovering from the infection daily, in comparison to the fresh infections.<br />''<br />''While the covid-19 caseload of the state is aboutto hit the 2.5 lakh mark, the incremental recovery has made the active caseloadclimb down to about 28 thousand, as of now. While the daily positive casescontinue to be on the higher side of two thousand, the corresponding recoverytoo has been surging ahead, as is evident from the fresh discharge of as manyas 3404 persons from hospitals. Even the two hotspot districts of Khordha andCuttack have also been reporting fewer cases now,  bringing in the muchneeded relief to the state as it struggles to stamp the virus down.</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:arial,sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:times new roman"><o:p /></span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br />