In an upward trend, the State on Wednesday registered 161 new Covid-19 positive cases in five districts and the State pool, with which the total tally increased to 12,89,602.
Among the freshly-infected were 24 children in the age group of 0 to 18 years.
Notably, the State had recorded 113 Covid cases on Tuesday.
Out of the new cases, 95 were from quarantine and 66 local contacts.
Khordha district reported the highest 60 cases followed by Cuttack with 32, Sundargarh 13, Saharanpur eight and Puri five.
Besides, 15 cases were reported from the State pool.
The active cases numbered 629.
So far, 12,79,794 patients have recovered from the disease and 9,126 have succumbed to it in the State.
