The Covid-19 causalities continued to surge in the State with a record single-day 33 deaths reported on Tuesday. With this, the total toll mounted to 2,549. Of the new deaths, Khordha district recorded the maximum seven followed by Angul, Jharsuguda, and Kalahandi with four each, Subaranapur and Sundargarh with three each, Ganjam and Keonjhar two each and Deogarh, Kandhamal and Jajpur one each. Meanwhile, the daily positive cases saw a slight dip as the State reported 10,939 new cases on the day. With the new cases, the total tally rose to 7, 14,380. While 6,178 cases were reported from quarantine, 4,761 were local contacts.
Khordha district registered the day’s maximum 1,298 cases followed by Cuttack with 922, Angul 819 , Dhenkanal 763, Mayurbhanj 604, Jajpur 541, Sundargarh 512, Puri 456, Boudh 385, Nabaranpur 362, Baleswar 361, Bargarh and Kendrapada 323 each, Sambalpur 319, Ganjam 254, Kalahandi 244, Subarnapur 231,Nayagarh 225, Balangir 195, Jharsuguda 191, Keonjhar 176, Rayagada 156, Bhadrak 142, Malkangiri 103, Deogarh 100, Kandhamal 77, Nuapada 64 and Gajapati 43.Besides, 217 cases were reported from the State pool.Currently, the active cases in the State stood at 1,10,554 and the cumulative samples tested were 1,14,37,337.