The State on Wednesday registered the highest single-day number of 59 deaths in last 24 hours, with which the total toll surged to 4,358.The maximum 10 casualties were reported from Khordha district followed by five each from Bargarh, Dhenkanal and Puri, four each from Ganjam, Nayagarh, Rayagada and Sundargarh, three each from Cuttack, Jajpur and Mayurbhanj, two each from Cuttack, Jajpur and Mayurbhanj and one each from Angul, Jagatsinghpur and Koraput. Meanwhile, as many as 2,602 persons tested positive for the disease in last 24 hours, increasing the total tally to 9,29,788. A total of 74,468 samples had been tested in the last 24 hours and the test positivity rate (TPR) was 3.4 per cent. Out of the new cases reported from the 30 districts and the State pool, 1,495 were from quarantine and 1,107 local contacts.
Khordha district reported the day’s highest 529 cases followed by Cuttack 397, Jajpur 183, Puri 174, Baleswar 164 and Mayurbhanj 141.The districts which registered below 100 cases were Angul 99, Bhadrak 95, Dhenkanal 93, Jagatsinghpur 91, Keonjhar 72, Sundargarh 64, Nayagarh 62, Kendrapada 59, Rayagada 33, Koraput and Malkangiri 32 each, Jharsuguda 26, Sambalpur 25, Boudh 21, Kandhamal 20, Nabarangpur 18, Subarnapur 17, Bargarh 13, Kalahandi and Gajapati nine each, Ganjam eight and Balangir, Deogarh and Nuapada five each.