Even as the daily Covid-19 positive cases were on a downward trend in the State, the numbers of causalities due to the virus are yet to decline.
On Monday, as many as 16 patients died, pushing the death toll to 1,543.
Five died in Sundargarh district while three died in Bargarh and two in Jharsuguda and one each in Khordha (Bhubaneswar), Deogarh, Mayurbhanj, Nayagarh, Puri and Sambalpur districts recorded one death each, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.
Notably, 15 patients had died on Saturday and 17 on Sunday, indicating that there is yet no fall in the mortality rate.
Monday’s deceased in Sundargarh were a 72-year-old woman, a 73-year-old man, a 70-year-old man, a 64 –year-old woman and a 58-year-old man. The causalities in Bargarh were a 65-year-old man, a 24-year-old woman and a 78-year-old man. The deaths in Jharsuguda were of a 56-year-old woman and a 80-year-old man.
The other deceased were a 47-year-old woman of Khordha (Bhubaneswar), a 55-year-old woman of Deogarh, a 60-year-old woman of Mayurbhanj, a 49-year-old man of Nayagarh, a 58-year-old woman of Puri and a 778-year-old man of Sambalpur.
Meanwhile, 749 persons tested positive on the day, increasing the total tally in the State to 3,09,408. Of them, 437 were detected from quarantine and 312 were local contacts.
Khordha district recorded the highest 88 cases followed by Mayurbhanj 78, Sundargarh 55, Jagatsinghpur 48, Angul 45, Keonjhar 41, Baleswar 38, Cuttack 37, Dhenkanal 31, Kendrapada 30, Sambalpur 28, Bargarh, Balangir and Jharsuguda 24 each, Jajpur 18, Nabarangpur 17, Bhadrak and Puri 15 each, Kalahandi and Nuapada 14 each, Malkangiri 10, Ganjam and Kandhamal seven each, Nayagarh six, Gajapati five, Koraput three and Deogarh, Rayagada and Subarnapur two each.
Besides, 21 positive cases were detected from the State pool.
However, 1,297 patients recovered on the day, pushing the total recoveries to 2,99,159.