As many as 17 patients succumbed to Covid-19 in 11 districts of the State on Thursday, pushing the total death toll 1,592, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.
Four persons died in Sundargarh, three in Sambalpur, two in Khordha (Bhubaneswar) and one each in Subarnapur, Rayagada, Kendrapada, Gajapati, Ganjam, Nayagarh, Bhadrak and Cuttack.Meanwhile, 868 new positive cases were reported in the State on the day from all 30 districts and the State pool, increasing the total positives to 3,11,788.
Of the new cases, 499 were from quarantine and 399 local contacts.Khordha registered the day’s highest 126 cases followed by Sundargarh 87, Cuttack 64, Angul 54, Nuapada and Mayurbhanj 46 each, Jagatsinghpur 44, Keonjhar 39, Kendrapada 35, Balangir 34, Jajpur 31, Puri 28, Koraput, Bargarh and Jharsuguda 21 each, Kalahandi 20, Balangir, Sambalpur and Dhenkanal 18 each, Nabarangpur 14, Koraput and Malkangiri 12 each, Bhadrak 13, Ganjam 11, Rayagada and Deogarh seven each, Subarnapur and Kandhamal six each, Gajapati and Nayagarh three each and Boudh one.Besides, the State poll registered 23 cases.
However, 1,019 persons recovered on the day, taking the total recoveries to 3, 02,796 in the State.