The death of 21 persons due to Covid-19 was reported in the State on Tuesday, with which the total toll surged to 8,775, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.
Three deaths were reported from Jajpur district, two each from Baleswar, Cuttack, Nayagarh and Sundargarh and one each from Khordha, Dhenkanal, Puri, Nuapada, Ganjam, Mayurbhanj,. Jagatsinghpur, Bhadrak, Keonjhar and Kendrapada.
Meanwhile, the State reported 1,503 more Covid positive cases in the 30 districts and the State pool, with which the total tally rose to 12,69,811.
Among the newly-infected were 329 children in the age group of 0 to18 years.
In the last 24 hours, 57,150 samples tested and the test positivity rate (TPR) was 2.62 per cent.
The number of active Covid cases stood at 13,368.
Notably, the State had recorded 1,497 infections on Monday.
Out of the new cases, 873 were detected from quarantine and 630 local contacts.
Khordha district reported the highest 333 cases followed by Sundargarh with 157, Mayurbhanj 108, Cuttack 83, Jajpur 55, Puri 54, Nayagarh 53, Angul 51, Dhenkanal 42, Jagatsinghpur 42, Kalahandi 40, Gajapati 37, Keonjhar 36, Balangir 33, Rayagada 31, Baleswar 30, Ganjam 26, Sambalpur 26, Deogarh 25, Nuapada 25, Subarnapur 22, Bargarh 21, Bhadrak 20, Kendrapada 19, Nabarangpur 19, Jharsuguda 17, Kandhamal 17, Boudh 10, Malkangiri eight and Koraput two.
Besides, 61 cases were reported from the State pool.
So far, 12,41,597 patients have recovered from the disease in the State.