The curve in the Covid-19 cases continued to rise in the State with the highest single-day 4,356 positive cases on Saturday from all 30 districts and the State pool, pushing the total positive tally to 2,05,452.
Of the new cases, 2,529 cases were detected from quarantine and 1,827 were local contacts.
Khordha again reported the highest 902 cases followed by Cuttack 409, Angul 197, Baleswar 194.
Nuapada 173, Jagatsinghpur 171, Puri 168, Mayurbhanj 153, Jajpur 136, Jharsuguda 120, Kendrapada 119, Bhadrak 124, Rayagada 121, Bargarh 106, Sundargarh 101, Kandhamal 91, Dhenkanal 84, Koraput 82, Sambalpur 81, Balangir 76, Kalahandi 71, Ganjam 62, Nabarangpur 58, Keonjhar 55, Nayagarh 51, Boudh 49, Malkangiri 28, Gajapati 20 and Deogarh and Subarnapur 14 each.
Besides, 326 positives were detected from the State pool.
Meanwhile, the virus claimed 16 more lives, increasing the State’s death toll to 783.
Khordha district (Bhubaneswar city) reported four deaths while Koraput and Puri registered three each. One death each was reported from Baleswar, Balangir, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur and Mayurbhanj districts.
The deceased in Bhubaneswar included a 51-year-old man, a 37-year-old man, a 50-year-old man and a 59-year-old woman.
The deaths in Koraput were of a 64-year-old man, a 48-year-old man and a 50-year-old man.
Te fatalities in Puri were of an 80-year-old woman, a 60-year-old woman and a 42-year-old man.
The other deceased included a 45-year-old man of Baleswar, a 58-year old man of Balangir, a 58-year-old man of Cuttack, a 64 year-old man of Jagatsinghpur, a 52-year-old man of Jajpur and a 50-year-old man of Koraput.
However, another 4,761 patients recovered on the day, taking the total recoveries to 1,70,193.
The highest 1,173 recovered in Khordha followed by Cuttack 411, Mayurbhanj 216, Sundargarh 116, Jajpur 142, Bargarh 141, Baleswar 137, Naqbarangpur 114, Puri 109, Jagatsinghpur and Subarnapur 103 each.