Theactive casesinOdishabreached the one-lakh mark on Thursday, for the first time, after 10,649 people more tested positive forCovid-19in the last 24 hours. Altogether 13 states and UTs in the country now have more than one lakh active cases, with Odisha being on the 13th spot (1,00,313 cases).
The number ofnew infectionshas grown by 2.1% in the state, on an Average, in the last one week, which is more than the national average of 1.7%. The state has added more than one lakh new infections in the last 10 days.
The Union Health ministry said Odisha is among the 24 states with a positivity rate of above 20%. It is also among the states still showing a rising trend in infections, the others being Nadu, Kerala, Punajb, West Bengal, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Puducherry and Manipur. With rising infections, the number of patients needing critical care has also gone up sharply. Currently, 2,433 patients are inICU, including 570 on ventilator support.