As many as 13 more patients succumbed to Covid-19 in eight districts of the State on Thursday, increasing total death toll to 1,297. While two deaths each occurred in Khordha, Cuttack, Baleswar, Nuapada and Angul districts, one each succumbed in Keonjhar, Jagatsinghpur and Sambalpur.
The deceased in Khordha included a 49-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman (both of Bhubaneswar). The deaths in Cuttack were of a 52-year-old man and a 52-year-old man.
The fatalities in Baleswar were a 41-year-old man and a 50-year-old woman. The deaths in Nuapada were of a 65-year-old man and a 50-year-old man. The causalities in Angul were a 43-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman.
The other deceased were a 58-year-old man in Keonjhar, a 48- year-old man of Jagatsinghpur and a 48-year-old man of Sambalpur. Meanwhile, compared to last few days, new positive cases increased on Thursday with a figure of 1,617. With this, State’s total caseload mounted to 2,87,099, which included 15,619 active cases.Of new cases, 941 were from quarantine while 676 were local contacts.
Khordha registered highest 222 cases followed by Cuttack 128, Sundargarh 93, Mayurbhanj 85, Kalahandi 84, Jagatsinghpur 80, Baleswar 76, Puri 76, Angul 75, Balangir 68, Nuapada 59, Kendrapada 54, Keonjhar 53, Dhenkanal 45, Jajpur and Nayagarh 40 each, Jharsuguda 39, Bargarh 35, Nabarangpur 33, Koraput 32, Bhadrak 30, Sambalpur 22, Ganjam 20, Boudh 19, Malkangiri 17, Rayagada 15, Kandhamal 14, Deogarh 11 and Gajapati and Subarnapur eight each.
Besides, 36 cases were reported from State pool.With 41,395 Covid tests were done during period, State’s cumulative tests rose to 44,63,559. However, another 1,908 persons recovered on day, taking total recoveries to 2,72,038.