The State on Monday saw a decline in the daily Covid-19 positive cases with 1,032 new infections in the 30 districts and the State pool. The total tally increased to 9,79,737.A total of 67,131 samples were tested in the last 24 hours and the test positivity rate (TPR) was 1.53 per cent.
Out of the new cases, 598 were from quarantine and 434 local contacts. Khordha district reported the day's highest 237 cases followed by Cuttack with 145. The districts which reported below-100 cases were Jagatsinghpur and Puri with 82 each, Angul 48, Bhadrak 47, Jajpur 43, Baleswar 36, Nayagarh 30, Dhenkanal 25, Keonjhar and Sundargarh 23 each, Sambalpur 19, Kendrapada 18, Subarnapur and Kandhamal 10 each, Koraput nine, Rayagada, Bargarh, Ganjam and Deogarh eight each, Malkangiri, Gajapati, Nabarangpur and Kalahandi six each, Balangir four, Boudh two and Nuapada one. Besides, 50 cases were reported from the State pool. Another 67 patients succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, which took the total death toll to 6,033.
The maximum 12 deaths were reported from Khordha district followed by 11 from Sundargarh, 10 from Cuttack, six from Puri, five from Dhenkanal, four each from Ganjam and Jagatsinghpur, three each from Angul and Bhadrak, two each from Baleswar, Jharsuguda and Kendrapada and one each from Bargarh, Jajpur and Keonjhar.