<span style="color: #222222;">Odisha has crossed yet another milestone in covid-19 testing with more than 7 million tests having been conducted so far. While the cumulative test results have shown 4.72 % positivity as of now, the covid-19 active caseload of the state has decreased down to 2219.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' AIR correspondent reports that even as the viral presence continues to thin out in the state, Odisha joined other states yesterday to conduct the dry-run for the covid-19 vaccination drive, that's round the corner.<br />'' <br />'' Intended to gauge the vaccination readiness, the dry run was conducted in the capital hospital in Bhubaneswar and at all the 30 districts headquarters hospitals.<br />'' <br />''<br />''Meanwhile the state government have allowed the reopening of the schools from the 8th of this month for the students of class 10th and 12th with strict adherence to the standard operating procedures put in place for the purpose. </span><br />