The State recorded 15 more Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday, taking the total toll to 1,072, the Health and Family Welfare Department said. While three deaths were reported from Cuttack district, one each was reported from Baleswar, Boudh, Ganjam, Jajpur, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Kendrapada, Khordha (Bhubaneswar), Mayurbhanj, Puri, Rayagada and Sundargarh.
The deaths in Cuttack were of a 48-year-old man, a 64-year-old man and a 62-year-old man.The other deceased were a 78-year-old man of Boudh, a 58-year-old man of Bhubaneswar, a 65-year-old woman of Kalahandi, a 72-year-old man of Rayagada, a 63-year-old man of Ganjam, a 65-year-old man of Kendrapada, a 68-year-old man of Kandhamal, a 25-year-old woman of Mayurbhanj, a 47-year-old woman of Jajpur, a 60-year-old man of Puri, a 72-year-old man of Sundargarh and a 56-year-old man of Baleswar.
Meanwhile, the State on the day reported 2,604 new positive cases, pushing the total positive caseload to 2,59,541.Of the new cases, 1,511 patients were from quarantine and 1,093 local contact cases. Khordha recorded the maximum 385 new cases followed by Angul 216, Cuttack 209, Sundagarh 186, Mayurbhanj 122, Jajpur 113, Nuapada 95,
Bargarh 90, Jagatsinghpur 84, Kalahandi 76, Kendrapada 70, Balangir 64, Nabarangpur 60, Jharsuguda and Malkangiri 57 each, Keonjhar 51, Bhadrak 50, Puri and Sambalpur 49 each, Subarnapur 44, Kandhamal 38, Nayagarh 35, Dhenkanal 33. Boudh and Koraput 31 each, Ganjam 29, Rayagada 21, Deogarh 13, Gajapati eight and State pool 74.However, another 2,775 patients recovered on the day, taking the total recoveries to 2,35,763.