The Covid-19 death toll in the State surged to 538 with seven more deaths on Saturday. While Khordha district reported two deaths, Balangir, Cuttack, Ganjam, Malkangiri and Sundargarh reported one each.
The deceased in Khordha were a 70-year-old man and a 59-year -old man.
The other deceased included a 78-year-old man of Balangir district, a 61-year-old man of Cuttack, a 76-year-old man of Ganjam, a 13-year- boy of Malkangiri and a 68-year-old man of Sundargarh.
And on the day, the positive case tally in the State rose to 1,20,221 with 3,543 new ones reported from all 30 districts.
Of the new cases, 2,161 were from quarantine centres and 1,382 local contacts.
Khordha continued witnessing the highest single-day cases of a record of 878 followed by Mayurbhanj 326, Cuttack 295, Bargarh 274, Jajpur 206, Baleswar 153, Ganjam 102, Subarnapur 99, Nuapada 98, Koraput 90, Jharsuguda 87, Jagatsinghpur 85, Sambalpur 83, Dhenkanal 69, Angul 68, Boudh and Rayagada 67 each, Puri 61, Sundargarh 56, Bhadrak 50, Kendrapada 48, Keonjhar 44, Kandhamal 38, Balangir and Kalahandi 37 each, Nayagarh 34, Nabarangpur 33, Gajapati 29, Malkangiri 25 and Deogarh four.
However, 3,443 patients recovered on Saturday, taking the total recoveries 93,774.
The highest 951 recovered in Khordha, followed by Cuttack 215, Mayurbhanj 213, Bhadrak 164, Dhenkanal 154, Ganjam 148, Jajpur 144, Baleswar 137, Nayagarh 117, Koraput 110, Jagatsinghpur 107, Puri 105, Sambalpur 100, Jharsuguda 67, Malkangiri 64, Balangir and Kendrapada 61 each, Bargarh 56, Keonjhar 54, Subarnapur 41, Sundargarh 38, Nabarangpur 33, Kandhamal 24, Gajapati and Nuapada 23 each, Kalahandi 12, Boudh 11, Deogarh eight and Angul five.