The State on Thursday registered 1,615 new Covid-19 positive cases in the 30 districts and the State pool, surging the total tally to 9,74,132.A total of 76,946 samples were tested in the last 24 hours and the test positivity rate (TPR) was 2.09 per cent. The active cases in the State stood at 17,262.Out of the new cases, 937 were from quarantine and 678 local contacts.
Khordha district reported the day's highest 442 cases followed by Cuttack with 229 and Puri 123.The districts which reported below-100 cases were Baleswar with 98, Jagatsinghpur 96, Angul 72, Jajpur 70, Bhadrak 60, Mayurbhanj 48, Nayagarh 42, Kendrapada 40, Sundargarh 30, Sambalpur 16, Keonjhar 15, Kandhamal 14, Nabarangpur 12, Boudh 11, Jharsuguda 10, Subarnapur, Deogarh and Rayagada nine each, Ganjam and Balangir seven each, Bargarh and Nuapada five each, Koraput and Malkangiri four each and Gajapati and Kalahandi two each.
Besides, 94 cases were reported from the State pool.Meanwhile, another 65 patients succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, mounting the total death toll to 5,768 in the State, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.The maximum nine deaths were reported from Khordha district followed by seven from Bargarh, six from Sundargarh, five each from Jharsuguda and Sambalpur, three each from Angul, Balangir, Cuttack, Ganjam, Jajpur and Puri, two each from Bhadrak, Gajapati, Jagatsinghpur, and Kendrapada and one each from Baleswar, Dhenkanal, Kalahandi, Keonjhar, Koraput, Mayurbhanj and Nuapada. However, another 2,039 patients recovered on the day, increasing the total recoveries to 9,53,088.