Six more patients succumbed to coronavirus infections in the State on Thursday, taking the total toll to 114. Out of the six new deceased, five were from hotspot Ganjam district and one from Khordha district.
The deceased of Ganjam included a 41-year-old man, a 63-year-old man, a 51-year-old woman, a 69-year-old man and a 57-year-old man. The deceased of Khordha was an 86-year-old woman, who was also suffering from diabetes and hypertension, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.
On Thursday, the State registered a record 1,264 new positive cases. With this, the total number of positive cases rose to 21,099. Of the new cases, 847 were reported from quarantine centres and 417 were local contacts.
Ganjam district reported the day’s maximum 540 cases, followed by Khordha 137, Rayagada 84, Gajapati 74, Nayagarh 61, Sundargarh 60, Cuttack 47, Bhadrak 30, Kandhamal 29, Koraput 27, Keonjhar 25, Bargarh 24, Puri 22, Sambalpuir 20, Jajpur 17, Mayurbhanj 15, Baleswar nine, Kendrapada eight, Angul and Kalahandi seven each, Dhenkanal six, Jagatsinghpur and Nabarangpur four each, Jharsuguda three, Boudh two and Balangir and Nuapada one each.
However, as many as 643 patients recovered on Thursday, taking the total recoveries in the State to 14,392. It was the highest single-day recoveries registered so far. The highest 407 patients recovered in Ganjam district, followed by 44 in Khordha, 31 in Baleswar, 28 in Mayurbhanj, 27 in Cuttack, 15 in Jagatsinghpur, 14 each in Bargarh and Kandhamal, 11 each in Dhenkanal and Keonjhar, eight in Bhadrak, six in Gajapati, five each in Balangir and Jharsuguda, four each in Jajpur and Sundargarh, three each in Kendrapada and Koraput, two in Sambalpur and one in Angul.