<span style="color: #222222;">Odisha today reported a slight increase in the COVID-19 positivity rate. A total of 3650 people were found positive out of a sample of 69480, taking the test positivity rate beyond 5 per cent in the state. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR Correspondent reports, after staying below 5 per cent for the last couple of days, the test positivity rate has again jumped to 5.2 per cent today. However, the daily recovery continues to race ahead of daily discovery with as many as 4052 persons reported cured of the infection against a fresh infection of 3650 persons during the last 24 hours. The COVID-19 death toll in the state has mounted to 3761 with 44 more deaths recorded today. </span><br />''  <br />