The number of Covid-19 positive cases in the State surged to 125 after seven more persons tested positive for the virus on Wednesday.

While three cases were reported from Baleswar district, one case each was from Jharsuguda, Keonjhar and Deogarh districts and capital city Bhubaneswar.

The three Baleswar cases include a 44-year-old man, a 61-year-old man and a 63-year-old-man. All of them have a travel history to Kolkata. All of them were asymptotic and were in quarantine. Their contact tracing is being done, said Information and the Public Relations Department.

Earlier in the day a 60-year-old man of Panchapalli in Keonjhar district, a 34-year-old man of Basudevpur in Deogarh district and an 18-year-old girl of Brajrajnagar in Jharsuguda district had tested positive. All of them are West Bengal returnees. All of them were also asymptomatic and under quarantine.

This was the first time that Covid-19 cases were detected in Keonjhar, Deogarh and Jharsuguda districts. With these fresh cases, the total number of districts in the State hit by the virus rose to 14.

The first positive case reported in the day was a 77-year-old man of Madhusudan Nagar in Bhubaneswar and a close relative of case no. 41. This new case was reported from the capital city after a gap of 14 days.  With this, the total number of cases in Khordha district rose to 46.

While there are still 85 active cases, the recoveries in the State now stand at 39 as one more case in Bhubaneswar recovered from the disease, said the Health and Family Welfare Department.