The Covid-19 cases continued to surge with the State reporting the highest 4,270 new positive cases from all 30 districts on Wednesday, pushing the total tally to 1,62,920.Of the new cases, 2,478 were reported from quarantine centres and 1,792 were local contact cases.Khordha district reported the highest 876 cases followed by Cuttack 374, Puri 287, Jagatsinghpur 188, Bargarh 183, Jajpur 162, Baleswar 150, Angul 147, Mayurbhanj 131, Jharsuguda 121, Nuapada 119, Sambalpur 114, Kendrapada 99, Balangir 97, Keonjhar 87, Nabarangpur 86, Koraput 83, Rayagada 80, Subarnapur 74, Kandhamal 73, Ganjam 68, Malkangiri 64, Dhenkanal 63, Gajapati 58, Bhadrak 55, Nayagarh 47, Kalahandi 44, Sundargarh 38, Boudh 22 and Deogarh 18. Besides, 262 positives were recorded from the State pool.
Meanwhile, the virus claimed 11 more lives on the day, taking the total death toll to 656.
While three deaths each were reported from Sambalpur and Puri districts, two were registered in Khordha and one each in Kalahandi, Mayurbhanj and Sundargarh.
The deceased in Sambalpur included .a 60-year old man, a 62-year-old man and .a 65-year old man. The deaths in Puri were of a 45-year-old man, a 80-year-old man and a 70-year-old woman.The other deceased were a 61-year-old man and an 52-year-old man of Khordha, a 59-year-old man of Kalahandi , a 45-year-old man of Mayurbhanj and a 31-year-old woman of Sundargarh. However, another 4,121 patients recovered on the day, taking the total recoveries to 1,29,859. The day’s recovery figure was the highest.The highest 752 recovered in Khordha followed by Cuttack 440, Puri 275, Jajpur 272, Nuapada 268, Angul 187, Bargarh 181, Dhenkanal 150, Mayurbhanj 126, Subarnapur 122, Koraput 119, Balangir 108, Ganjam 103, Jagatsinghpur 97, Keonjhar 83, Boudh 76, Kendrapada 75, Kandhamal 69, Jharsuguda 66, Sundargarh 64, Bhadrak 62, Rayagada 61, Sambalpur 60, Nayagarh 56, Kalahandi 51, Gajapati 29, Deogarh 24, Nabarangpur 24 and Malkangiri 13