The State recorded two more Covid-19 deaths from Ganjam district on Friday. With this, the total death toll in the State rose to 29.
“Regret to report the demise of two Covid positive cases. A 66-year-old of Ganjam district, who was also a known case of hypertension and 40-year-old man of the district, who was also suffering from diabetes,” the Health and Family Welfare Department said. With the two casualties, the total number of deaths in Ganjam rose to 18.
Meanwhile, the number of positive cases crossed the 8,000-mark on the day as the State recorded its highest single-day spike of 561 coronavirus infections. With the new cases the total rose to Of the 561 cases, 425 were reported from quarantine centres while the remaining 136 were local contact cases.
Ganjam reported the days highest of 283 cases followed by Cuttack 81, Rayagada 76, Khordha 26, Bargarh 21, Balangir 19, Mayurbhanj 10, Sambalpur eight, Keonjhar six, Jagatsinghpur six, Kalahandi five and Koraput five.
Besides, Dhenkanal, Jajpur and Sundargarh districts reported three cases each and Jharsuguda and Kendrapada two each and Bhadrak and Puri one each. An NDRF personnel, who returned West Bengal, also tested positive.
However, as many as 203 more patients recovered from the disease on Friday. With this, the total recoveries reached 5,705.
Out of the 203 persons, 38 were from Ganjam district, 37 from Khordha, 19 from Gajapati, 18 from Cuttack, 18 from Jagatsinghpur, 12 from Sambalpur, 12 from Sundargarh, 10 from Dhenkanal, eight from Jajpur, seven from Baragarh, six from Mayurbhanj, five from Rayagada, three each from Baleswar and Kandhamal, two from Puri, and one each from Deogarh, Jharsuguda, Malkangiri, Keonjhar and Nabarangpur.