Even though the Covid-19 positive cases are declining in the State, the daily casualties are hovering above 30 for the last few days. On Monday 35 more patients succumbed to the disease, surging the total death toll to 2,754 in the State.
Angul district reported the highest five deaths followed by Cuttack, Khordha, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Kendrapada and Subarnapur with three each, Deogarh, Gajapati, Ganjam, Jharsuguda, Sundargarh two each and Nayagarh and Nuapada one each. The State witnessed a declining trend in the positive cases since the last few days as the daily cases continued to remain below 10,000 for the fifth straight day with 8,313 new cases on Monday. With this, the total positives’ tally increased to 7, 64,997. Of the new cases, 4,655 were from quarantine and 3,658 were local contacts.
Khordha district reported the day’s maximum 974 cases followed by Cuttack with 593, Mayurbhanj 532, Angul 505, Sundargarh 465, Baleswar 452, Dhenkanal 407, Jajpur 354, Kendrapada 33, Jagatsinghpur 280, Bargarh 279, Boudh 209, Nabarangpur 205, Sambalpur 204, Koraput 198, Keonjhar 180, Kalahandi 162, Rayagada 148, Ganjam 129, Subarnapur 123, Balangir 119, Bhadrak 117, Jharsuguda 111, Malkangiri 103, Kandhamal 90, Gajapati 85, Deogarh 55 and Nuapada (53). Besides, 162 cases were reported from the State pool.