The State registered 335 new Covid-19 positive cases in 21 districts and the State pool on Thursday, with which the total tally surged to 10,48,009.
Among the newly-infected were 47 children in the age group of 0 to 18 years.
Notably, the State had recorded 288 cases on Wednesday. Of the new cases, 197 were from quarantine and138 local contacts.
Khordha district recorded the day’s highest 141 cases followed by Sambalpur with 51, Cuttack 21, Baleswar 13, Mayurbhanj 12 and Jajpur 10.
The districts which recorded below-10 cases were Kendrapada and Sundargarh eight each, Jagatsinghpur and Puri six each, Jharsuguda five, Bargarh, Bhadrak, Dhenkanal and Keonjhar three each, Boudh and Nayagarh two each and Angul, Deogarh, Rayagada and Subarnapur one each. Besides, 34 cases were detected from the State Pool. The active cases stood at 2,403.
Two more persons succumbed to the disease, taking the State’s total death toll to 8,401. Both the fatalities were reported from Khordha district.
So far, 10,37,001 persons have recovered from the disease in the State. Capital Bhubaneswar registered 96 of the State’s 335 cases, with which the total tally in the city rose to 1,20,898. The active cases were 1,407.
Notably, 94 cases had been recorded in the city on Wednesday. Two more persons succumbed to the disease in the city, taking the total death toll to 1,084.