Odisha has already conducted more than 26 lakh tests for COVID-19. With about 50 thousand tests per day, the cumulative tests have reached 26,19,601, resulting in a total of 1,67,161 positive cases. While 1,29,859 patients have already recovered, the state now has an active caseload of 36,580.<br />'' <br />''AIR correspondent reports, for quite some time now, the daily infection and daily recovery in the state are in a neck to neck race with each trying to overtake the other.<br />'' <br />''Going by the day's tally on Wednesday, while the positive cases mounted by  4,241, the recovery case count too climbed up by 4,121, thereby closing the gap down to a little over hundred positive cases.<br />'' <br />''Yet another positive trend in the viral spread in the state is that only about half the districts of the state had been reporting a daily addition of 100 plus cases, with the other half standing tough against the transmission.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Among these, Ganjam district has emerged as one signing example in limiting the viral surge down to below 100 and even below 50 cases per day for the last so many days despite it being tagged as the chief Corona virus troubleshoot of the state, not so long ago.</span><br />