Twenty persons succumbed to Covid-19 in the State on Monday, with which the total death toll mounted to 8,754, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.
Khordha district reported six fatalities, Kalahandi four, Cuttack three, Jagatsinghpur and Nayagarh two each and Rayagada, Kendrapada and Jajpur one each.
However, the daily positive cases dipped to less than 1500, a record low in over a month in the third wave of pandemic. The State reported 1,497 new infections in the 30 districts and the State pool, increasing the total tally to 12,68,308.
Among the newly-infected were 283 children in the 0 to18 year age group.
In the last 24 hours, 47,101 samples were tested and the test positivity rate (TPR) was 3.1 per cent.
The active Covid cases stood at 21,525.
Notably, the State had recorded 2,106 new infections on Sunday.
Out of the new cases, 874 were reported from quarantine and 623 local contacts.
Khordha district reported the maximum 251 cases followed by Sundargarh with 101, Jharsuguda 75, Angul 71, Cuttack 69, Koraput 66, Jajpur 64, Deogarh 62, Sambalpur 59, Nayagarh 56, Rayagada 52, Baleswar 50, Gajapati 45, Keonjhar 42, Kalahandi 38, Puri 37, Mayurbhanj 35, Nabrangpur 34, Boudh 32, Kandhamal 31, Dhenkanal 27, Jagatsinghpur 24, Nuapada 23, Bargarh 22, Balangir 22, Bhadrak 19, Kendrapada 16, Ganjam eight, Malkangiri seven and Subarnapur six.
Besides, 53 cases were reported from the State pool.
So far, 12,37976 patients have recovered in the State.