As many as 11 more persons infected with Covid-19 succumbed in the State on Tuesday, pushing the total death toll to 503.
Khordha, Puri and Mayurbhanj districts reported two deaths each while one patient each died in Cuttack, Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur, Kandhamal and Rayagada, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.
The deceased included a 55-year-old woman and a 73-year-old man of Khordha, an 80-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman of Mayurbhanj and a 40-year-old man and 85-year-old man of Puri.
The other deaths were of a 74-year-old woman of Cuttack, a 35-year-old man of Jagatsinghpur, a 40-year-old man of Kandhamal, a 45-year-old man of Rayagada and a 60-year-old man of Ganjam.
And on the day, a total of 3,025 persons tested positive from all 30 districts, taking the State’s total tally to 1,06,561.
Of the new cases, 1,844 were detected from quarantine and the rest 1,181 were local contacts.
Khordha recorded the day highest 666 cases followed by Cuttack 312, Mayurbhanj 215, Ganjam 207, Koraput 139, Puri 136, Dhenkanal 132, Kendrapada 128, Bhadrak 94, Jajpur 85, Sambalpur 83, Kalahandi 82, Nuapada 79, Jagatsinghpur 78, Nayagarh 67, Bargarh 61, Jharsuguda 59, Angul 58, Sundargarh 56, Keonjhar 50, Nabarangpur 46, Baleswar 40, Malkangiri 32, Gajapati 29, Balangir 24, Kandhamal and Subarnapur 22 each, Rayagada 13, Boudh nine and Deogarh one.
However, 3,484 patients recovered on the day, taking the total recoveries to 80,770. The highest 890 recovered in Khordha, followed by Jajpur 314, Rayagada 302, Ganjam 253, Kendrapada 162, Cuttack 143, Mayurbhanj133, Koraput 130, Nayagarh 126, Baleswar 105, Malkangiri 87, Sundargarh 86, Sambalpur 84, Puri 82, Bhadrak 63, Jagatsinghpur 62, Jharsuguda 59, Bargarh 57, Balangir 54, Kandhamal 52, Angul 51, Keonjhar 46, Subarnapur 35, Nabarangpur 25, Dhenkanal 23, Gajapati 23, Kalahandi 16, Boudh 12, Deogarh seven and Nuapada four.