The State on Wednesday registered 145 new cases of Omicron. With this, the total tally increased to 347, the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar said.
The ILS conducted genome sequencing of 249 samples, from which the traces of Omicron strain was found in 145.
Besides, the State recorded 11,607 new Covid-19 positive cases in all 30 districts and the State pool, surging the total tally to 11,67,094.
Among the freshly-infected were 991 children in the age group of 0 to 18 years.
Notably, the State had recorded 11,086 Covid cases on Tuesday.
Out of the new cases, 6,728 cases were from quarantine and 4,879 local contacts.
Khordha district recorded the highest 4,347 cases followed by Cuttack with 898, Sambalpur 390, Baleswar 305, Balangir and Rayagada 229 each, Jharsuguda 219, Nayagarh at 206, Koraput 196, Rayagada 187, Subarnapur 153, Nayagarh 149, Angul 139, Nabarangpur 137, Bhadrak 132, Bargarh 125, Ganjam 116, Nuapada 104, Gajapati 93 Boudh 83, Malkangiri 54, Deogarh 53 and Kandhamal 51.
Besides, 877 fresh cases were reported from the State pool.
The active cases stood at 80,914. However, 6,785 more patients recovered, increasing the total recoveries to 10, 80,562.