The Covid-19 death toll in the State surged to 86 with three more persons succumbing to the virus on Saturday. While two deaths were reported from Ganjam district, one person died in Gajapati.
The deceased included a 63-year-old man and a 60-year-old man of Ganjam. A 48-year-old woman of Gajapati district, who was also suffering from obesity and sleep apnea, too succumbed to the disease, said the Health and Family Welfare Department.
Meanwhile, 591 new positive cases were detected on the day in the State, taking the total count to 16,701.
The day’s highest 182 cases were reported from Ganjam district followed by 121 in Khordha, 38 in Cuttack, 35 in Bargarh, 22 each in Nabarangpur, Mayurbhanj and Jagatsinghpur, Sambalpur 20, Jajpur 19, Sundargarh 18, Baleswar 13, Nayagarh 11, Balangiri and Dhenkanal nine each, Kendrapada and Malkangiri eight each, Keonjhar six, Jharsuguda five, Koraput four, Deogarh three and Rayagada one.
However, as many as 607 patients recovered from the disease on Saturday, taking the total recoveries to 11,937 in the State. Now, the number
of active cases in the State stand at 4,652.
The maximum 279 recovered in Ganjam district, followed by 84 in Jajpur, 50 in Khordha, 42 in Cuttack, 23 in Keonjhar, 21 in Malkangiri, 15 each in Puri and Sundergarh, 12 in Mayurbhanj, 11 in Bargarh, nine in Koraput, eight in Kandhamal, seven in Jagatsinghpur, six each in Angul, Baleswar and Nabarangpur, five in Bhadrak, three in Gajapati, two each in Kendrapada and Sambalpur and one in Dhenkanal.