The State recorded five more Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday, taking the total number of fatalities to 159. One death each was reported from Baleswar, Puri, Ganjam, Kandhamal and Malkangiri districts.
The deceased included a 46-year-old man of Baleswar district, who was also suffering from diabetes and hypertension; a 55-year-old woman of Puri district; a 60-year-old woman of Ganjam, who was also suffering from diabetes and hypertension; a 50-year-old man of Kandhamal, who was also suffering from alcoholic liver disease, jaundice and hepatic encephalopathy; and a 62-year-old woman of Malkangiri, who was also suffering from hypertension, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.
A two-year-old Covid-positive girl of Bhadrak district died due to congenital heart disease with cardiac failure. The number of such deaths due to other health complications stood at 36 in the State, the department said.
Meanwhile, the State registered 1,068 new positive cases on the day, increasing the total tally to 29,175.
Of these cases, 662 were reported from quarantine centres and 406 were local contacts, according to the Information and Public Relations Department.
Ganjam district continued to top the chart with 245 cases followed by Khordha 194, Sundargarh 112, Gajapati 88, Koraput 66, Cuttack 61, Baleswar and Nayagarh 29 each, Balangir and Nabarangpur 26 each, Rayagada 24, Sambalpur 21, Angul and Mayurbhanj 20, Kalahandi 19, Puri 16, Jharsuguda and Jajpur 12 each, Kandhamal and Nuapada 11 each, Kendrapada eight, Bargarh five, Bhadrak four, Jagatsinghpur three, Deogarh and Subarnapur two each and Dhenkanal and Malkangiri one each.
However, 878 patients recovered on Wednesday, taking the total recoveries to 18,938. This was the highest single-day recovery so far.
The highest 396 recovered in Ganjam district, 114 Khordha , 49 in Gajapati, 44 in Jagatsinghpur, 35 in Koraput, 33 in Baleswar, 29 in Kandhamal, 26 in Angul, 23 in Keonjhar, 16 in Nayagarh, 14 in Cuttack, 14 in Sundargarh, 13 in Bhadrak,11 in Malkangiri, 10 in Jajpur, eight in Kendrapada, seven each from Bargarh, Boudh and Dhenkanal, five in Jharsuguda, four each in Balangir and Puri, three each in Nuapada and Rayagada, two from Mayurbhanj and one from Sambalpur.