The State’s Covid-19 toll surged to 991 after 17 more patients succumbed to the virus on Friday in 10 districts, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.Khordha district recorded four deaths followed by Baleswar with three, Mayurbhanj and Puri two each. One each died in Bargarh, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Malkangiri, Nayagarh and Subarnapur.
The Khordha deceased were a 75-year-old man and a 72-year-old man (both of Bhubaneswar), a 64-year-old man and a 50-year-old man.The casualties in Baleswar were a 55-year-old man, a 72-year-old woman and a 70-year-old man. The deaths in Mayurbhanj were of a 40-year-old man and a 53-year-old man. The fatalities in Puri were a 90-year-old man and an 80-year-old woman. The other deceased were a 53-year-old man of Bargarh, a 70-year-old man of Kalahandi, a 51-year-old man of Kandhamal, an 80-year-old of Nayagarh, a 40-year-old man of Malkangiri and a 67-year-old man of Subarnapur.
Meanwhile, the number of positive cases in the State rose to 2,40,998 with 2,697 new cases recorded from all 30 districts and the State pool on the day.Of the new cases, 1,576 were detected from quarantine and 1,121 were local contacts. Khordha recorded highest 482 cases followed by Cuttack 234, Nuapada 153, Mayurbhanj 134, Sundargarh 120, Jajpur 118, Baleswar 115, Angul 107, Sambalpur 107, Bargarh 86, Jharsuguda 77, Keonjhar 75, Kendrapada and Subarnapur 69 each, Bhadrak 66, Jagatsinghpur 65, Puri 64, Balangir 62, Nawarangpur 51, Dhenkanal, Ganjam, Koraput and Kalahandi 45 each, Malkangiri 40, Nayagarh 38, Kandhamal 34, Boudh 31, Deogarh 15, Gajapati eight and Rayagada three.
Besides, 94 positive cases were detected from the State pool.With 45,169 Covid tests done during the period, the cumulative tests rose to 36, 64,678.However, another 3,404 persons recovered on the day, taking the total recoveries to 2, 20,388.