The State recorded seven more Covid-19 deaths on Monday, taking the total toll to 147. While three deaths were reported from Ganjam district, one each was reported from Sundargarh, Malkangiri and Cuttack districts and Bhubaneswar.
The three Ganjam deceased included a 58-year-old man, who was also suffering from diabetes; a 55-year-old man and a 51-year-old man.
The other deceased included a 66-year-old man of Cuttack district; a 51-year-old man of Malkangiri district, who was also suffering from hypertension; a 45-year-old man of Bhubaneswar, who was also suffering from diabetes; and a 63-year-old man of Sundargarh district, who was also suffering from diabetes.
On the day, 1,503 new positive cases were recorded in the State, taking the total positive tally to 26,892. Of the new cases, 1,002 were detected from quarantine centres while 501 were local contacts.
Ganjam district again reported the day’s highest 491 cases followed by Khordha with 223, Cuttack 136, Gajapati and Kandhamal 73 each, Rayagada 68, Jajpur 51, Keonjhar 43, Malkangiri and Koraput 34 each, Dhenkanal 32, Mayurbhanj 28, Bhadrak 25, Bargarh 23, Balangir 21, Baleswar 19 Sambalpur 17, Jharsuguda and Kalahandi 10 each, Kendrapada nine, Jagatsinghpur six Nayagarh eight, Puri and Subarnapur four each, Nabarangpur twoand Angul and Boudh one each
However, another 581 patients recovered on Monday, taking the total recoveries to 17,373 in the State. The highest 160 recovered in Ganjam, followed by 77 in Khordha, 43 in Gajapati, 34 in Cuttack, 32 in Malkangiri, 25 in Bargarh, 23 in Bhadrak, 19 in Keonjhar, 17 each in Angul and Kandhamal, 14 each in Jagatsinghpur and Sambalpur and 12 each in Mayurbhanj, Rayagada and Sundargarh, 10 in Baleswar, nine each in Jharsuguda, Kendrapada and Puri, eight in Dhenkanal, seven in Jajpur, six in Balangir, five in Boudh, three in Deogarh, two in Nabarangpur and one each in Koraput and Nayagarh.