The State on Wednesday reported 288 new Covid-19 positive cases in 22 districts and the State pool, with which the total tally went up to 10, 47,674.
Among the newly-infected were 53 children in the age group of 0-18 years.
Notably, the State had reported 212 cases on Tuesday.
Of the new cases, 166 were reported from quarantine and 122 local contacts.
Khordha district reported the day’s maximum 130 cases followed by Cuttack 21, Sambalpur 17, Puri 15, Mayurbhanj 12, Sundargarh 11 and Jajpur 10 cases.
The districts which reported below-10 cases were Kendrapada eight, Bhadrak seven, Nayagarh six, Gajapati five, Dhenkanal four, Balangir three, Jagatsinghpur, Ganjam, Jharsuguda two each, each, Boudh, Bargarh, Deogarh,Kalahandi,Keonjhar and Malkangiri one each.
Besides, 27 cases were reported from the State pool.
The active cases stood at 2,221. Three more Covid deaths were reported, surging the total toll to 8,403 in the State. While two deaths reported from Bhubaneswar one was from Jagatsinghpur.
A total of 151 more patients recovered in the State.
Capital Bhubaneswar registered 87 out of the State’s 288 Covid-19 cases, with which the total tally in the city rose to 1, 20,708. The active cases were 1,463. The maximum seven cases were reported from Palaspalli followed by six from Unit-VI. Notably, 66 cases had been recorded in the city on Tuesday. Two more people succumbed to the disease in the city, taking the total death toll to 1,080.