The Covid-19 death toll on Monday breached the 3,000-mark in the State as 41 more persons succumbed to the virus in 21 districts. The total toll mounted to 3,035.
The maximum six casualties were reported from Khordha district followed by four in Sundargarh, three each in Ganjam and Puri, two each in Gajapati, Subarnapur, Mayurbhanj, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Bargarh and one each in Angul, Baleswar, Bhadrak, Deogarh, Dhenkanal, Kalahandi, Kendrapada, Keonjhar and Nayagarh. Meanwhile, a steady decline in the positive cases continued in the State on the day with reporting of 6,118 new infections from the 30 districts and the State pool.
With this, the total tally increased to 8,19,214. Of the new cases, 3,453 were from quarantine and 2,665 were local contacts.
Cuttack district reported the day’s maximum 660 cases followed by Jajpur with 563, Khordha, 495, Angul 416, Puri 398, Mayurbhanj 352, Sundargarh 272, Kendrapada 227, Bhadrak 228, Jagatasinghpur 218, Baleswar 195, Koraput 180, Nabarangpur 166, Bargarh 164, Nayagarh 161, Keonjhar 155, Kandhamal 143, Boudh 112, Rayagada 108, Malkangiri 107, Sambalpur 103, Ganjam 93, Jharsuguda 86, Balangir 83, Kalanhandi 80, Subarnapur 52, Nuapada 36, Gajapati 30 and Deogarh 29.
Besides, 103 cases were reported from the State pool. Currently, the State has 76,750 active cases and the cumulative samples tested were 1,22,50,294. Till now, 7,39,376 persons have recovered from the disease in the State.