As many as 43 more patients succumbed to Covid-19 in the State in 18 districts in the last 24 hours, it was officially reported on Wednesday. With this, the total death toll surged to 3,123.
Khordha district registered the highest five causalities followed by Angul, Cuttack, Jharsuguda and Sundargarh with four each, Bargarh, Balangir, Boudh three each, Ganjam, Puri and Mayurbhan two each and Baleswar, Dhenkanal, Kendrapada, Koraput, Nuapada, Rayagada and Sambalpur one each. Meanwhile, 6,019 persons tested positive in the State in the last 24 hours in the 30 districts and the State pool, surging the total tally to 8,25,110 . Of the new cases 3,397 were detected from quarantine and 2,622 were local contacts.
Khordha district continued to register the day’s maximum cases at 796 followed by Cuttack with 531, Jajpur 406, Angul 335, Mayurbhanj 333, Puri 324, Dhenkanal 291, Baleswar 286, Sundargarh 283, Bhadrak 262, Kendrapada 218, Jagatsinghpur 196, Nayagarh 191, Nabarangpur 151, Koraput 142, Sambalpur 131, Bargarh 122, Keonjhar 120 Rayagada 108, Malkangiri 85, Boudh 79, Kandhamal 76, Ganjam 73, Kalahandi 70, Balangir 66, Subarnapur 65, Jharsuguda 41, Gajapati 34, Deogarh 24 and Nuapada 23. Besides, 157 cases were reported from the State pool.Currently, the active cases in the State stood at 71,312 and the cumulative samples tested so far were 1,23,87,968, including 68,778 on Tuesday. The State’s positivity rate stood at 6.71 per cent. Till now, 7,56,641 persons have recovered from the disease in the State.