The State on Wednesday registered 280 new Covid-19 cases in 26 districts and the State pool, increasing the total tally to 13,23,587.
Among the newly-infected were 40 children in the age group of 0 to 18 years.
Notably, the State had reported 255 Covid cases on Tuesday.
Out of the new cases, 165 were from quarantine and 115 local contacts.
Khordha district reported the maximum 61 new cases followed by Sundargarh with 45, Cuttack 22, Nuapada 14, Mayurbhanj and Nayagarh 12 each.
The districts which recorded below-10 cases were Balangir and Bargarh nine each, Baleswar and Sambalpur eight each, Jajpur and Kalahandi seven each, Ganjam six, Gajapati, Deogarh and Koraput five each, Kendrapada Puri and Boudh four each, Subarnapur and Jharsuguda three each, Angul and Jagatsinghpur two each and Rayagada one.
Besides, 14 cases were reported from the State pool.
The number of active cases stood at 2,981.
Meanwhile, two more persons succumbed to the disease, taking the total death toll to 9,159 in the State. Both the deaths were reported from Bhubaneswar.
So far, 13,11,394 persons have recovered from the disease.