The State continued to witness a surge in daily Covid-19 cases with 155 more infections being reported from 17 districts and the State pool on Thursday. With this, the total tally went up to 12,89,757.
Among the newly-infected were 16 children in the age group 0 to 18 years.
Notably, the State had reported 161 cases on Wednesday.
Out of the new cases, 91 were from quarantine and 64 local contacts.
Khordha district reported the day’s highest 69 cases followed by Cuttack with 16, Sundargarh 12, Puri nine, Baleswar eight, Bhadrak and Jagatsinghpur four each, Bargarh and Sambalpur three each, Nayagarh and Subarnapur two each and Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda, Kendrapada, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj and Rayagada one each.
Besides, 17 cases were reported from the State pool.
The number of active cases stood at 729
So far, 12,79,849 patients have recovered from the disease and 9,126 succumbed to it.
Meanwhile on Thursday, the BMC announced that use of mask is mandatory for all in the State capital city.