Four more persons died Covid-19 in the State on Monday, with which total toll rose to 1,948. The deceased were a 53-year-old man of Jharsuguda district, a 40-year-old man of Keonjhar, a 43-year-old man and a 50-year-old woman of Sundargarh.
Meanwhile, positive cases in State registered a big jump of 4,445 persons on day in 30 districts and State pool. With this, total tally surged to 3,72,703. This was highest-single day spike in State ever since outbreak of pandemic in March 2020. Odisha had last registered highest cases around seven months ago on September 25, 2020 when 4,356 people tested positive. Out of new cases, a total of 2,574 cases were reported from quarantine while 1,871 were local contact cases.
Sundargarh registered days maximum 722 cases followed by Khordha 587, Nuapada 437, Kalahandi 273, Cuttack 251, Sambalpur 241, Jharsuguda 231, Puri 219, Bargarh 178, Balangir 168, Nabarangpur 127, Baleswar 123, Mayurbhanj 100. Angul 87, Keonjhar 75, Ganjam 62, Jajpur 58, Rayagada 53 and Nayagarh 50. However, 1503 patients recovered on the day.