The State on Sunday reported 3,913 new Covid-19 cases from across all 30 districts and the State pool that went past a total of the 150,000-mark reaching 1,50,807. Of the new cases, 2,348 were from various quarantine centres and 1,565 were local contact cases.
While 17 districts reported over 100 cases each, Khordha reported the day’s highest 552 followed by Cuttack (382), Puri 212, Jharsuguda 162, Kendrapada 156, Mayurbhanj 147, Bargarh 146, Balangir 142, Sambalpur 141, Baleswar 134, Nuapada and Jajpur 128 each, Bhadrak 123, Nabarangpur 112, Jagatsinghpur 108, Angul 103, Koraput 100, Rayagada 98, Subarnapur 91, Ganjam 86, Kandhamal 86, Keonjhar 76, Dhenkanal 74, Malkangiri 68, Boudh 61, Kalahandi and Nayagarh 60 each, Sundargarh 35, Gajapati 16 and Deogarh 15.Besides, 107 positives were from the State pool.
Meanwhile, the Covid death toll increased to 626 in the State with 10 new fatalities on the day.While Khordha district registered the highest three deaths, two more died in Cuttack district and one each succumbed to the virus in Baleswar, Ganjam, Kalahandi, Mayurbhanj and Subarnapur.
The deceased in Khordha included a 66-year-old man, a 62-year-old man (both of Bhubaneswar) and a 60-year-old man. The Cuttack fatalities were of a 45-year-old man and a 74-year-old man.
The other deceased included a 60-year-old man of Baleswar, a 55-year-old man of Ganjam, a 62-year-old man of Kalahandi, a 60-year-old man of Mayurbhanj and a 84-year-old man of Subarnapur.However, another 3,363 patients recovered on the day, taking the total recoveries to 1,18,642.