Covid-19 claimed 14 more lives on Sunday in nine districts of the State, pushing the total toll to 1,135, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.
While four succumbed to the virus in Khordha district, two each died in Cuttack and Jagatsinghpur and one each died in Mayurbhanj, Puri, Dhenkanal, Kandhamal, Balangir and Sambalpur districts.
The deceased in Khordha were a 52-year-old man, a 42-year-old man, a 58-year-old man and a 49-year-old man (all fo Bhubaneswar.)The Cuttack casualties were a 45-year-old man and a 56-year-old man. The deaths in Jagatsinghpur were of a 63-year-old man and a 46-year-old woman.The other deceased were a 49-year-old man of Mayurbhanj, a 63-year-old man of Puri, a 44-year-old woman of Dhenkanal, a 65-year-old man of Kandhamal, a 6-year-old man of Balangir and a 65-year-old man of Sambalpur.
Meanwhile, the positive cases continued to show a declining trend with the State registering 2,019 new cases on Sunday from 30 districts and the State pool.
This was 177 lesser than the figures registered on Saturday and lowest in over a month and a half.With the new cases, the positive rally rose to 2, 68,364 so far.Out of the new cases, 1,168 were detected from quarantine and 851 were local contacts.Khordha recorded the highest 283 cases followed by Cuttack 150, Angul 129, Mayurbhanj 111, Sundargarh 99, Nuapada 90, Bargarh 77, Jajpur 73, Balangir 71, Baleswar and Kalahandi 69 each, Subarnapur 68, Jagatsinghpur 64, Kendrapada 61 and Nabarangpur 60, Keonjhar 58, Sambalpur 52, Jharsuguda 43, Bhadrak and Koraput 41 each, Nayagarh 40, Dhenkanal 38, Ganjam 33, Kandhamal 31, Puri 30, Rayagada 24, Deogarh and Malkangiri 20 each, Boudh 12 and Gajapati six. Besides, 56 cases were detected from the State pool.
With 42,258 Covid tests done during the period, the cumulative tests rose to 40,43,323.
However, another 2,842 patients recovered on the day, taking the total recoveries to2,44,227.