The Covid-19 curve witnessed a declining trend in the State for second day on Monday with 3,235 positive cases being registered from across all 30 districts and the State pool.
With this, the positive tally reached 2,12,609. Of the new cases 1,915 were detected from quarantine and 1,320 were local contacts. Khordha district again reported the day’s highest 506 cases followed by Cuttack 318, Angul 179, Bargarh 137, Nabarangpur 124, Sambalpur 120, Mayurbhanj 118, Jajpur 110, Nuapada 106, Kendrapada 103, Balangir, Rayagada and Sundargarh 101 each, Baleswar 100, Jagatsinghpur 86 and Keonjhar 86 each, Puri 79, Jharsuguda 71, Dhenkanal 69, Bhadrak 67, Subarnapur 65, Kandhamal 62, Koraput 59, Nayagarh 43, Boudh and Kalahandi 42 each, Gajapati 31, Ganjam 28, Malkangiri 21 and Deogarh 12.
Besides, 148 positive cases were detected from the State pool. Meanwhile, as many as 16 patients undergoing treatment succumbed to the virus on Monday. With this, the death toll climbed to 813 in the State.
While Baleswar district registered three deaths, two each were reported in Khordha (Bhubaneswar), Puri and Mayurbhanj. One each died in Balangir, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Ganjam, Kalahandi, Kandhamal and Nabarangpur districts.The deceased in Baleswar were a 55-year-old man, a 65-year-old woman and a 63-year-old man. The deaths in Bhubaneswar were of a 78-year-old man and a 63-year-old woman.
The casualties in Puri were of a 65-year-old man and a 79-year-old man. The deaths in Mayurbhanj were of a 70-year-old-woman and a 40-year -old man.
The other deceased were a 66-year-old man of Balangir, a 67-year-old man of Cuttack, a 61-year-old man of Dhenkanal, a 55-year-old woman of Ganjam, a 45-year-old woman of Kalahandi, a 63-year-old man of Kandhamal and a 54-year-old man of Nabarangapur.
However, a record 4,104 persons recovered on the day, taking the total recoveries to at 1,77,585. The highest 545 recovered in Khordha followed by 404, P8uri 298, Jagatsinghpur 212, Jajpur 167, Mayurbhanj 159, Sambalpur 157, Angul 143, Baleswar 131, Kandhamal 130, Jharsuguda 124, Kendrapada 119, Bargarh and Boudh 113 each, Kalahandi 90, Dhenkanal and Nabarangpur 86 each, Koraput 81, Nuapada 80, Subarnapur 78, Balangir 75, Bhadrak and Keonjhar 73 each, Sundargarh 68, Malkangiri 53, Nayagarh 42, Rayagada 41, Gajapati 31, Deogarh 12 and State pool 189.