The State on Sunday recorded 6,116 new Covid-19 positive cases while seven more patients succumbed to the disease in six districts in last 24 hours.
While two deaths were reported from Rayagada district, one each took place in Ganjam, Kalahandi, Khordha, Puri and Sundargarh districts. With the new casualties, the State’s total death toll surged to 1,988, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.
And with 6,116 new Covid-19 positive cases reported from all 30 districts and the State pool on the day, the total tally soared to 4,07,457. While 3,546 cases were detected from quarantine, 2,570 were local contacts. Khordha district recorded the maximum 875 cases followed by Sundargarh with 785, Nuapada 430, Cuttack 343, Jajpur 324, Kalahandi 321, Nabarangpur 318, Sambalpur 280, Bargarh 262, Jharsuguda 254, Balangir 189, Puri 180, Mayurbhanj 158, Angul 151, Ganjam 134, Keonjhar 118, Rayagada 104, Baleswar 102, Nayagarh 99, Bhadrak 87, Gajapati 78, Jagatsinghpur 73, Koraput 71, Kendrapada 46, Deogarh 39, Kandhamal 36, Malkangiri 32, Boudh 32 and Dhenkanal and Subarnapur eight each. Besides, 179 cases were reported from the State pool.
The active cases in State stood at 45,949 whilecumulative samples tested were 98,34,487 samples, including 41,017 on Saturday. The positivity rate stood at 4.08 per cent. However, another 3,464 patients recovered on the day, taking total recoveries to 36,2,931 in the State.