With the detection of 849 new Covid-19 cases on Friday in 28 districts and the State pool, the total caseload in the State surged to 10,10,072.
Out of the new cases, 120 were in the age group of 0 to18 years. In the last 24 hours, 71,247 samples were tested and the test positivity Rate (TPR) was 1.19 per cent. The number of active cases stood at 7,345.
Of the 849 cases, 495 were from quarantine and 354 local contacts. Khordha district reported the highest 341 cases followed by Cuttack with 117, Baleswar 51, Jajpur 32, Puri 31, Dhenkanal 26, Mayurbhanj 21, Angul 20, Sundargarh 18, Sambalpur 16, Keonjhar and Jagatsinghpur 12 each, Bhadrak 11, Deogarh eight, Naygarh seven, Balangir, Nabarangpur, Jharsuguda and Kalahandi four each, Bargarh and Subarnapur three each, Gajapati, Boudh, Ganjam , Kandhamal and Malkangiri one each.
Besides, 78 cases were reported from the State pool.
Seven patients, including a six-year-old girl, succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, taking the total toll to 8,035. Two causalities were reported from Ganjam and one each from Baleswar, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Kendrapada and Puri.
However, another 835 patients recovered on the day, taking the total recoveries to 9,95,474.