The Covid-19 positive cases in the State dipped slightly to 3,427 on Saturday from the 3,806 cases registered on Friday. The new cases reported from the 30 districts and the State pool, with which the total tally increased to 8,73,925.
A total of 64,112 samples had been tested in the last 24 hours.
Out of the new cases, 1,954 cases were from quarantine and 1,473 were local contacts.
Khordha district again reported the daily highest cases at 553 followed by Cuttack with 396, Jajpur 285, Baleswar 261, Puri 217, Mayurbhanj 162, Nayagarh 142, Bhadrak 139, Angul 138, Kendrapada 111 and Jagatsinghpur 108.
The districts which reported less than 100 cases in the last 24 hours were Rayagada 94, Dhenkanal and Sundargarh 78 each, Koraput 72, Nabarangpur 60, Bargarh 52, Keonjhar 47, Kandhamal 41, Balangir 40, Malkangiri 38, Kalahandi 35, Sambalpur 32, Boudh 31, Subarnapur 30, Gajapati 27, Ganjam 26, Deogarh 22, Nuapada 20 and Jharsuguda 10.
Besides, 82 cases were reported from the State pool.
The active cases in the State stood at 40,471.
However, the death count continued to remain high as many as 42 more patients succumbed to the virus in 15 districts in the last 24 hours. With this, the total death toll surged to 3,550.
Khordha district reported the maximum six casualties, including four in Bhubaneswar, followed by four each in Cuttack, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh and Puri, three each in in Baleswar, Kendrapada and Koraput, two each in Angul, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj and Nuapada and one each in Kalahandi, Rayagada and Subarnapur.
However, another 5,281 patients recovered on the day, increasing the total recoveries to 8,35,132.