The State Covid-19 death toll reached 187 after 10 more positive patients succumbed to the virus on Saturday. While five persons died in hotspot Ganjam district, three deaths in Khordha district, including two in Bhubaneswar, were reported. Gajapati and Sundargarh districts registered one death each.
The Ganjam deceased included a 54-year old man, a 44-year–old man, a 56-year-old woman, a 63-year-old man and a 70-year-old man.
The deceased of Bhubaneswar were a 70-year-old man and a 62-year-old man. The other casualties were a 56-year-old man of Sundargarh district, a 49-year-old man of Gajapati and a 40-year-old man of Khordha district.
Besides, another patient of Nayagarh district died due to other health complications. With this, the number of non-Covid deaths rose to 38, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.
On the day, the State reported a huge surge of 1,602 new positive cases, pushing the total tally to 33,479. Of the new cases, 993 cases were detected in quarantine centres and 609 were local contacts.
The day’s maximum 308 cases were reported from Ganjam district again followed by Khordha 285, Rayagada 164, Gajapati 108, Sundargarh 62, Cuttack 54, Puri 50, Dhenkanal 49, Korapu 46, Kandhamal 45, Jajpur 44, Mayurbhanj 39, Sambalpur 39, Balangir 38, Nayagarh 33, Keonjhar 31, Kalhandi 30, Malkangiri 30. Baleswar 29, Angul 15, Kendrapada 15, Bargarh 13, Jharsuguda seven, Nabarangpur: nine, Nuapada five and Subarnapur six, the Information and Public Relations Department said.
However, another 756 patients recovered in the State on Saturday, with which the total recoveries reached 21,273.
The highest 162 recovered in Khordha district followed by 139 in Ganjam, 78 in Cuttack, 58 in Sundargarh ,49 in Gajapati, 33in Bhadrak, 31 in Keonjhar, 28 in Puri, 22 in Nayagarh, 20 in Rayagada, 19 in Baleswar,18 in Koraput, 16 in Malkangiri, 13 in Nabarangpur, 10 in Kandhamal, 10 in Sambalpur, nine in Jajpur, nine in Kendrapada, eight in Jagatsinghpur, seven in Baragarh, six each in Dhenkanal and Jharsuguda, two each in Balangir and Kalahandi and one in Angul.