The Covid-19 casualties continued unabated in the State with 11 more persons succumbing to the infection on Wednesday. With this, the total death toll surged to 514.
While Ganjam district reported three deaths, two were reported from Khordha (Bhubaneswar) and one each from Baleswar, Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Rayagada and Sambalpur.
The Ganjam deceased were a 63-year-old woman, a 35-year-old man and a 56-year-old man. The two Bhubaneswar deaths were of a 57 year-old woman and 62- year-old man.
The other deceased were a 57-year-old man of Bhadrak, a 90-year-old man of Jagatsinghpur, a 52-year-old man of Puri , a 64-year-old man of Rayagada, a 58-year-old woman of Sambalpur and 57-year-old man of Baleswar.
And on the day, 3,219 persons of 29 district tested positive, pushing the State’s tally to 1,09,780. While 1,931 cases were detected from quarantine, 1,288 were local contacts.
Khordha recorded the day’s highest 731 cases followed by Cuttack 400, Puri 217, Baleswar 194, Bargarh 185, Ganjam 169, Mayurbhanj 137, Jajpur 117, Keonjhar 102, Koraput 90, Bhadrak 87, Sambalpur 78, Angul 66, Nayagarh 62, Jagatsinghpur, Jharsuguda and Sundargarh 60 each, Kendrapada 57, Nabarangpur 55, Nuapada 49, Dhenkanal and Kalahandi 37 each, Boudh 36, Kandhamal 32, Gajapati 27, Subarnapur 26, Rayagada 25, Malkangiri 13 and Balangir 10.
However, another 3,303 persons recovered from the disease on Wednesday, taking the total recoveries to 84,,073.
The highest 650 recovered in Cuttack followed by Khordha 493, Jajpur 213, Ganjam 209, Rayagada 185, Sambalpur 172, Koraput 149, Puri 128, Nayagarh 125, Mayurbhanj 104, Keonjhar 90, Sundargarh 87, Angul 80, Baleswar 79, Malkangiri, 76, Kandhamal 55, Bhadrak 49, Jagatsinghpur 49, Balangir 47, Gajapati 37, Bargarh 35, Nuapada 35, Nabarangpuir 34, Dhenkanal 32, Kendrapada 30, Subarnapur 25, Kalahandi 14, Jharsuguda 13 and Deogarh eight.