The daily Covid-19 cases dipped below the 500-mark in the State on Tuesday with 487 infections reported from 29 districts and the State pool. With this, the total tally increased to 13, 20,014.
Among the newly-infected were 82 children in the age group of 0 to 18 years.
Notably, the State had reported 652 Covid cases on Monday.
Of the new cases, 285 i were from quarantine and 202 local contacts.
Sundargarh district reported the highest 137 new cases followed by Khordha with 78, Sambalpur 39, Cuttack 31, Kalahandi 21, Nuapada and Mayurbhanj15 each, Nayagarh 14, Boudh, 13, Bargarh 12, Balangir and Subarnapur 11 each.
The active cases numbered 5,549.
So far, 13,05,261 persons have recovered from the disease in the State.