Another 18 Covid-19 patients succumbed to the disease in nine districts of the State on Monday, pushing the total toll to 1,040.While Cuttack district registered four deaths, three each died in Baleswar and Khordha and two each in Jajpur and Sundargarh and one each in Jagatsinghpur, Mayurbhanj, Nabarangpur and Puri districts.The casualties in Cuttack were a 55-year-old man, a 68-year-old man, a 53 year-old man and a 66-year-old man. The deceased in Baleswar were a 55-year-old woman, a 60-year-old man, a 64- year-old man.The deaths in Khordha were a 65-year-old man and a 72-year-old woman (both of Bhubaneswar) and a 40-year old woman.
The fatalities in Jajpur were an 85-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman. The deaths in Sundargarh were of a 65-year-old man and a 39-year-old man.The other deceased were a 60-year-old man of Jagatsinghpur, an 80-year-old man of Mayurbhanj, a 55-year-old man of Nabarangpur and a 53-year-old woman of Puri.
Meanwhile, the total number of positive cases rose to 2,54,662 with 2,423 new cases recorded from all 30 districts and the State pool on the day.
Of the new case 1,417 were detected from quarantine and 1,006 were local contacts. Khordha district recorded the highest 359 cases followed by Angul 229, Sundargarh 195, Mayurbhanj 128, Cuttack 118, Bargarh 99, Jajpur 97, Balangir 93, Jagatsinghpur 84, Kendrapada and Puri 73 each, Keonjhar 70, Bhadrak 67, Dhenkanal and Jharsuguda 66 each, Nuapada 63, Sambalpur 60, Kalahandi 57, Subarnapur 53, Malkangiri 48, Ganjam 37, Nayagarh 40, Baleswar 42, Kandhamal 35, Nabarangpur 28, Koraput 24, Deogarh 17 and Rayagada and Boudh 10 each and Gajapati seven.
Besides, 75 positive cases were detected from the State pool.
With 41,096 Covid tests done during the period, the cumulative tests rose to 37,96,767. However, another 2,577 patients recovered on the day, taking the total recoveries to 2, 30,192 in the State.