The State on Friday registered 69 more Coid-19 deaths, with which the total toll mounted to to 5,377, said the Health and Family Welfare Department.
Khordha district reported the maximum 26 deaths followed by Baleswar with 10, Sambalpur seven, Kendrapada six, Bargarh five, Sundargarh four, Balangir, Jharsuguda, Kandhamal and Rayagada two each and Dhenkanal, Nuapada and Subarnapur one each.
With the 26 more deaths, the total toll crossed the 1,000-mark in Khordha and reached 1,003. Of the total deaths in Khordha district, capital city Bhubaneswar has reported almost 70 per cent.
Bhubaneswar has reported a total of 711 deaths since the outbreak of the pandemic.
On Friday, the State reported 1,917 new positive cases, increasing the total tally to 9,63,851. Out of the new cases, 1,109 cases were from quarantine centres and 808 local cases, informed the Information and Public Relations Department.
A total of 78,134 samples were tested in the last 24 hours and the total positivity rate (TPR) was 2.45 per cent.
Khordha district registered the day’s highest 518 cases followed by Cuttack with 256 and Puri 118.
The districts which reported below-100 cases were Jagatsinghpur with 92, Angul 91, Jajpur 87, Baleswar 84, Nayagarh 76, Kendrapada 73, Mayurbhanj 69, Sundargarh 50, Bhadrak 55, Dhenakanal 37, Keonjhar 33, Kandhamal 25, Bargarh 19, Gajapati 16, Sambalpur 15, Malkangiri 12, Rayagada 11, Balangir, Nabarangpur and Koraput 10 each, Jharsuguda nine, Boudh and Ganjam seven each, Subarnapur and Kalahandi six each, Nuapada five and Deogarh one.
Besides, 109 cases were reported from the State pool.
So far, 9,39,160 patients have recovered in the State.