The number of Covid-19 positive cases continued to fall in the State with less than 500 daily cases reported for the past five days.
On Friday, 377 new cases were registered in 27 districts and the State pool. With this, the positives’ tally reached 3,20,394. Khordha district registered the day’s maximum 56 cases followed by Sundargarh 47, Angul 28, Mayurbhanj 25, Cuttack 18, Baleswar 16, Nuapada 14, Puri and Keonjhar 13 each, Jajpur 12, Bargarh and Jagatsinghpur 11 each, Bhadrak nine, Sambalpur, Jharsuguda and Koraput eight each, Kendrapada and Kalahandi seven each, Nayagarh and Ganjam six each, Dhenkanal three, Deogarh, Balangir and Rayagada two each and Malkangiri and Kandhamal one each.
Besides, 12 cases were reported from the State pool.
Meanwhile, five more deaths were reported on the day, pushing the total toll to 1,760. Two deaths were reported from Keonjhar district and one each from Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj and Nuapada.
However, 642 patients recovered on the day, taking the total recoveries to 3,14,665.