The Covid-19 death toll breached the 1100-mark and reached 1104 in the State following 15 more deaths reported from 11 districts on Friday.
Two deaths each were in Khordha, Cuttack, Nabarangpur and Sambalpur districts and one each in Bhadrak, Bargarh, Jagatsinghpur, Jharsuguda, Kendrapara, Puri and Sundargarh districts. The Khordha deceased were a 65-year-old man and a 60-year-old man (both of Bhubaneswar). The deaths in Cuttack were of a 47-year-old man and a 30 -year-old manThe casualties in Nabarangpur were a 70-year-old man and a 46-year-old man. Those in Sambalpur were both two 60-year-old males.
The other deceased were a 56-year-old Bhadrak, a 63-year-old man of Bargarh, a 60-year-old man of Jagatsinghpur, a 62-year-old man of Jharsuguda, a 18-year-old boy of Kendrapada, 74-year-old man of Puri and a 45-year-old man of Sundargarh (Rourkela).
Meanwhile, State on the day reported 2,138 new positive cases.. With this, positives’ tally reached 2,64,149. Of the new cases, 1,251 patients were from quarantine and 887 local contact cases. Five districts of State reported a surge of over 100 cases. Khordha district recorded the day’s highest 361 new cases followed by Cuttack 156, Angul 151, Sundargarh 137, Mayurbhanj 119, Balangir 79, Bargarh and Puri 73, Kendrapada 72, Jajpur 71 Jagatsinghpur 66, Baleswar 57, Malkangiri and Jharsuguda 55 each, Sambalpur 53, Kalahandi 51, Keonjhar 46, Nuapada 41, Koraput 38, Nayagarh 31, Rayagada 25, Kandhamal 24, Boudh and Nabarangpur 21 each, Ganjam 18, Deogarh nine, Gajapati eight and State pool 62.
However, 2,850 patients recovered on day, takingtotal recoveries to 2,41,385 in State.