In a further surge, the daily Covid-19 cases in the State increased by 1,196 in the past 24 hours, informed the Information & Public Relations Department on Thursday.
The single-day cases in the State stood above 1,100 for the second consecutive day. The number of infections reported on Wednesday was 1,122.
Of the new positive cases, 699 cases were reported from different quarantine centres and 497 were local contacts.
Khordha district continued to report the highest number of 312 Covid cases followed by Sundargarh with 174 and Cuttack 109. The tribasl-dominated Mayurbhanj district registered above 100 cases raising alarm about the deadly virus.
With this, the Covid tally in the State rose to 13,03,191, of which active cases were 7,093 so far.