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BHUBANESWAR: Twenty-one more Covid patients, the highest-ever in a day in the state, succumbed to the infection on Saturday taking the overall toll to 2,161.
The state recorded 11,807 more cases, of which Cuttack’s share was 1,052 infections. With this, the state’s overall positivity rate since the outbreak of the pandemic, has crossed five per cent.
Cuttack, which has been witnessing a spurt in cases like its neighbour Khurda, has so far reported 150 deaths with two more patients dying of Covid on Saturday. It had 7,186 active cases as on Saturday, which is 3,000 less than its neighbour Bhubaneswar. In the first wave, Cuttack’s highest single-day spike had almost touched 600 (595).
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Akhilesh Yadav addressing Kisan Mahapanchayat, Aligarh, UP (Maneesh Agnihotri)
The results of the panchayat elections have come as a big jolt to the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh, especially with the assembly election barely a year away. This was the first time that political parties had fielded candidates in the panchayat elections. All the political parties vied hard to win as many of the 3,051 zila panchayat member posts as possible. The zila panchayat members elect the district panchayat president of their respective district (there are 75 districts in all in the state). The counting of ballots for the three-tier panchayat elections started on May 2. When the final figures came out, it became clear
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BHUBANESWAR: The five districts of Khurda, Sundargarh, Nuapada, Bargarh and Cuttack account for half of the state’s Covid caseload as daily infections inched towards the 5000 mark. On Wednesday, the state registered 4,851 fresh positive cases with Khurda district reporting the highest 703 infections.
Besides western districts, coastal and southern districts of Puri (223), Ganjam (151) and Keonjhar (166) have reported cases in triple digits. Other districts, which have reported significant number of cases include Jharsuguda (290), Angul (111), Balangir (227), Nabarangpur (194) and Sambalpur (171).
Khurda (5,021) has left behind Sundargarh (4,894) in terms of cumulative active cases in the past two days. Eleven districts have active cases in four digits taking the states total active cases to 30,927.