The State on Thursday registered 44 Covid-19 deaths in 14 districts, with which the total toll increased to 3,761.The maximum nine casualties were reported from Khordha district, including five in Bhubaneswar, followed by five each in Bargarh and Cuttack, four each in Angul and Puri, three each in Ganjam, Kendrapada and Sundargarh, two each in Sambalpur and Nayagarh and one each in Bhadrak, Boudh, Dhenkanal and Malkangiri. Meanwhile, 3,650 new positive cases were reported from the 30 districts and the State pool on the day, surging the total tally to 8,90,596. In the last 24 hours, 69,480 samples had been tested and the test positivity rate (TPR) stood at 5.2 per cent. Out of the new cases, 1,552 were local contacts and 2,098 quarantine cases.