The uptick in Covid-19 cases in the State continued on Thursday with 2,898 new positives ones reported from all 30 districts, taking the total tally to 70,020.
And the death toll rose to 380 with eight more patients succumbing to the virus.
Of the new cases, 1,792 were reported from quarantine centres and 1,106 were local contact cases.
Khordha district reported the highest spike of 524 cases followed by Cuttack 241, Nayagarh 232, Ganjam 226, Balangir 173, Baleswar 140, Koraput 132, Bhadrak 107, Rayagada 105, Puri 104, Sundargarh: 101, Jagatsinghpur 84, Sambalpur 77, Kalahandi 76, Jajpur 69, Kandhamal 63, Kendrapada 57, Malkangiri 56, Gajapati and Mayurbhanj 53 each, Jharsuguda 49, Dhenkanal 44, Naarangpur 37, Keonjhar 35, Subarnapur 23, Angul 16, Bargarh nine, Nuapada eight, Deoharh three and Boudh one.
Out of the eight deaths, Ganjam district accounted for four while Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Khordha and Puri districts registered one each.
The deceased from Ganjam were a 57-year-old woman, a 48-year-old man, an 82-year-old man and a 62-year-old man.
The other deceased were a 59-year-old man of Khordha (Bhubaneswar), an 82-year-old man of Cuttack, a 58-year-old man of Dhenkanal and 76-year-old woman of Puri district.
However, another 1,641 patients recovered from the disease on the day, taking the total recoveries to 36,478. Ganjam had the highest 365 recoveries, Khordha 357, Sundargarh 91, Jajpur 86, Gajapati 65, Cuttack 63, Koraput 63, Mayurbhanj 60, Kandhamal 50, Rayagada 42, Nayagarh 41, Malkangiri 39, Balangir 35, Dhnkanal 33, Jagatsinghpur 33, Baleswar 31, Keonjhar 29, Baragarh 25, Bhadrak 24, Jharsuguda 21, Puri 21, Sambalpur 20, Kalahandi 16, Kendrapada 16, Nabarangpur 11, Deogarh two and Angul and Boudh one each.