The State reported three more Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday, taking the total toll to 77. While two deaths were reported from Ganjam district, Bhubaneswar recorded the other death.
The two in Ganjam were a 65-year-old man and a 86-year-old man, who were suffering from co-morbidities as well. The victim from Bhubaneswar was a 72-year-old man, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.
Meanwhile, there was a huge jump in positive cases on the day with as many as 618 cases, taking the State’s overall tally to 14, 898. Out of the new cases, 411 cases were reported from quarantine centres and 207 infected with the disease locally.
Ganjam district registered the maximum 286 cases, followed by Khordha with 107, Baleswar 61, Jagatsinghpur 26, Mayurbhanj 21, Cuttack 16, Nayagarh 15, Malkangiri 13, Sundargarh (15), Angul 14, Koraput 10, Sambalpur 10, Puri five, Keonjhar five, Kendrapada nine, Bhadrak one, Balangir two, Koraput one, Jharsuguda one, Rayagada one, Dhenkanal two and Boudh two.
However, a record 612 patients recovered on Wednesday, taking the total recoveries to 10, 476. The highest 27 recovered in Ganjam district, followed 84 in Sundargarh, 48 in Keonjhar, 35 in Gajapati, 31 in Baleswar, 28 in Khordha, 25 in Nayagarh, 20 in Jajpur, 15 in Mayurbhanj, 10 in Cuttack, 10 in Koraput, six each in Puri and Bargarh, five in Balangir, three in Kendrapada, two each in Kalahandi and Kandhamal and one each in Rayagada and Sambalpur.