The Covid-19 death toll mounted to 1,331 in the State with 11 more succumbing to the virus in nine districts on Sunday, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.
While three persons lost their lives in Sundargarh district, one each died in Keonjhar, Khordha, Deogarh, Nuapada, Cuttack, Kendrapada, Angul and Malkangiri districts.The deceased in Sundargarh were a 60-year-old man, a 46-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman.
The other deaths were of a 62-year-old man of Keonjhar, a 68-year-old man of Khordha (Bhubaneswar), an 80-year-old man of Deogarh, a 60-year-old man of Nuapada, a 74-year-old man of Cuttack, a 64-year-old man of Kendrapada, a 48-year-old man of Angul and a 30-year-old man of Malkangiri districts.
Meanwhile, 1,709 new positive cases were recorded from all 30 districts and the State pool on the day. With this, the positive tally rose to 2,91,825.Of the new cases, 985 were detected from quarantine and 724 were local contacts.
Khordha district again recorded the single-day highest 221 cases followed by Mayurbhanj 121, Cuttack 115, Sundargarh 107, Bargarh 99, Nuapada 86, Angul 79, Kalahandi and Keonjhar 72 each,
Jagatsinghpur 68, Dhenkanal 64, Baleswar 61, Puri 58, Balangir 53, Kendrapada 50, Sambalpur 43, Jaipur 41, Malkangiri 39, Koraput 38, Nayagarh 29, Jharsuguda 28, Nabarangpur 26, Kandhamal 20, Ganjam 19, Boudh 18, Rayagada 16, Bhadrak 11, Deogarh nine, Subarnapur seven and Gajapati four.
Besides, 35 cases were reported from the State pool. With 46,065 new Covid tests done during the period, the State’s cumulative tests rose to 46,01,880.
However, another 1,815 patients recovered on the day, taking the total recoveries 2,77,564 in the State.