The State witnessed a big jump in Covid-19 cases with 743 new infections reported from 27 districts and the State pool on Wednesday. With this, the total tally increased to 12,95,328.
Among the newly-infected were 87 minors in the age group of 0 to 18 years.
Notably, the State had reported 509 cases on Tuesday.
Out of the new cases, 436 were from quarantine and 307 local contacts.
Khordha district recorded the maximum 303 cases followed by Cuttack with 115, Sundargarh 65, Puri 36, Mayurbhanj16, Sambalpur 14, Baleswar and Jajpur 12 each, Jagatsinghpur, Nayagarh, Nuapada 11 each, Koraput 10, Deogarh, Bhadrak and Boudh eight each, Subarnapur and Nabarangpur seven each, Kendrapada and Balangir four each, Rayagada three, Kalahandi and Gajapati two each and Angul, Bargarh and Ganjam one each.
Besides, 60 cases were reported from the State pool.
The number of active cases rose to 3,878.
So far, 12,82,270 patients have recovered in the State.