n The State on Monday reported a further decreased Covid-19 caseload with 761 new cases in the 30 districts and the State pool. The total tally increased to 10,01,698.
Notably, the State had recorded 853 positive cases on Sunday.And again, out of the new cases, 101 children in the age group of 0 and 18 years tested positive. A total of 60,791 samples were tested in the last 24 hours and the test positivity rate (TPR) was 1.25 per cent. The active cases stood at 8,917.
Out of the new cases, 443 were from quarantine and 318 local contacts. Khordha district reported the day's highest 289 cases followed by Cuttack with 117, Baleswar 52, Jajpur 35, Mayurbhanj 24, Sambalpur 20, Bargarh and Jagatsinghpur 18 each, Angul 16, Kendrapada 15, Puri 13, Deogarh and Dhenkanal 12 each, Sundargarh 10, Bhardrak eight, Rayagada and Keonjhar five each, Ganjam, and Kandhamal three each, Balangir, Gajapati and Malkangiri two each and Nabarangpur, Subarnapur, Jharsuguda and Boudh one each. Besides, 64 positives were detected from State Pool. Meanwhile, another 68 patients succumbed to the disease.