The State on Monday registered 234 new Covid-19 positive cases in 24 districts, with which the total count rose to 3,28,738. Of the new infections, 136 were from different quarantine centres and 98 local contacts.
Angul district recorded the day’s highest 36 cases followed by Sundargarh 28 , Khordha 25, Mayurbhanj 17, Jharsuguda 15, Cuttack 12 and Kendrapada 10. The total active case in the State stood at 2,753.
So far, 68.55 lakh samples have been tested including 28,652 tests on Sunday. Three more patients succumbed to the virus on the day, with which the total death toll surged to 1,864. A five-month-old boy was among those who died. The child hailed from Rayagada district. The other two were from Khordha (Bhubaneswar) and Sundargarh.