The State on Sunday reported 23 more Covid-19 deaths, mounting the total toll to 8,734, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.
Khordha reported nine deaths (including five from Bhubaneswar) followed by Puri with three, Nayagarh and Koraput two each and Bhadrak, Balangir, Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur, Kalahandi, Kandhamal and Keonjhar one each.
Besides, the State registered 2,106 new Covid positive cases from the 30 districts and the State pool, surging the total tally to 12,66,81.
Among the newly-infected were 324 children in the age group of 0 to18 years.
In the last 24 hour, 60,483 samples were tested and the test positivity rate (TPR) was 3.48 per cent.
The active positive cases stood at 23,672.
Notably, the State had recorded 2603 Covid cases on Saturday.
Out of the new cases, 1,229 cases were detected from quarantine and 877 local contacts.
Khordha reported the highest 429 cases followed by Sundargarh with 219, Cuttack 145, Angul 97, Kendrapada 76, Nayagarh 70, Balangir 65, Gajapati 64, Dhenkanal 61, Jharsuguda 56, Sambalpur 56, Boudh 55, Jajpur 53, Koraput 45, Kandhamal 44, Nabaarangpur and Rayagada 43 each, Mayurbhanj 42 and Baleswar, Bhadrak and Keonjhar 40 each, Nuapada 38, Subarnapur 37, Kalahandi 36, Ganjam 35, Puri 34, Jagatsinghpur 32, Bargarh 17, Deogarh nine and Malkangiri seven.
Besides, 78 cases were reported from the State pool.
So far, 12,34,352 patients have recovered in the State.