For the second consecutive day on Saturday, the State registered more than 1,000 new Covid-19 cases as 1,065 people tested positive in 28 districts and the State pool. With this, the total tally rose to 12,98,240.
Among the newly-infected were 122 children in the age group of 0 to 18 years.
Notably, the State had recorded 1,047 Covid cases on Friday.
Out of the new cases, 624 cases were from quarantine and 441 local contacts.
Khordha district detected the day’s highest 361 cases followed by Cuttack with 135, Sundargarh 111, Sambalpur 58, Mayurbhanj 52, Puri 44, Subarnapur 31, Jagatsinghpur and Jajpur 21 each, Kendrapada and Nayagarh 18 each, Baleswar and Kalahandi14 each, ,Rayagada 13, Nuapada 11, Ganjam and Kandhamal six each, Nabarangpur, Bhadrak and Deogarh five each, Keonjhar four, Gajapati and Koraput three each, Dhenkanal two and Boudh one.
Besides, 76 cases were reported from the State pool.
The number of active cases increased to 5,376.
So far, 12,83,683 patients have recovered in the State.