Bhubaneswar

State logs 245 new Covid cases

PNS

The State on Sunday registered 245 new Covid-19 cases in 26 districts and the State pool, with which the total tally rose to 13,30,240.

Among the newly-infected were 43 children in the age group of 0 to 18 years.

Notably, the State had recorded 269 Covid cases on Saturday.

Out of the new cases, 144 were from quarantine and 101 local contacts.

Sundargarh district reported the highest 58 new cases followed by Khordha with 33, Nabarangpur 17, Sambalpur 16, Balangir, Cuttack and Puri 12 each, Mayurbhanj and Nuapada eight each, Jajpur and Nayagarh seven each, Kalahandi and Keonjhar six each, Subarnapur five, Ganjam four, Baleswar, Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur and Jharsuguda three each, Deogarh, Kendrapada, Koraput and Rayagarh two each and Bargarh and Boudh one cases each.

Besides, eight cases were reported from the State pool.

The number of active cases stood at 1,756.

Meanwhile, one more person succumbed to the disease in Sundargarh district, taking the total death toll to 9,185. So far, 13,19,246 persons have recovered from the disease in the State.