Even as Covid-19 positive cases in the State declined marginally during the last 24 hours, the deaths continued to climb with the highest-ever 65 casualties registered during the period, as was officially reported on Sunday.
The total death toll soared to 4,599. Khordha district reported the maximum 14 casualties followed by six each from Puri, Keonjhar and Bargarh, five each from Angul and Mayurbhanj, four from Nayagarh, three each from Sundargarh, Kendrapara and Ganjam and one each from Baleswar, Balangir, Boudh, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jagatsinghpur, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Kandhamal and Sambalpur.
In the last 24 hours, 2,282 persons tested positive for the disease in the 30 districts and the State pool, with which the total tally rose to 9,39,752.
In the last 24 hours, a total of 78,466 samples were tested and the test positivity rate (TPR) was 2.90 per cent.
Out of the new cases reported, 1,315 were from quarantine and 967 local contacts.Khordha district again registered the day’s highest 592 cases followed by Cuttack with 289, Baleswar 146, Mayurbhanj 141, Puri 127 and Jajpur 111. The districts which registered below-100 cases were Nayagarh with 83, Jagatsinghpur 73, Bhadrak 71, Sundargarh 67, Kendrapada 62, Angul 61, Dhenkanal 55, Keonjhar 51, Koraput 40, Malkangiri 32, Kalahandi and Kandhamal 20 each, Sambalpur 18, Bargarh and Ganjam 17 each, Rayagada 15, Nabarangpur and Kalahandi 12 each, Jharsuguda, 11, Boudh 10, Balangir nine, Gajapati eight, Subarnapur seven, Deogarh six and Nuapada two.
Besides, 117 cases were reported from the State pool. So far, 9,09,639 patients have recovered in the State.