The State on Wednesday reported no Covid-19 death for the first time after six months.“There are no Covid deaths in the State in the last 24 hours,” informed the Health and Family Welfare Department, adding that the toll stood at 1,887 as on Tuesday.The first death had been reported on April 7 last year when a 72-year-old man of Jharpada in Bhubaneswar succumbed to the virus on April 6 while undergoing treatment at the AIIMS, Bhubaneswar. However, 231 more persons contracted coronavirus in 28 districts in the last 24 hours, taking the State’s total caseload to 3,30,921.Of the fresh cases, 133 were reported from quarantine centres and 98 were local contact cases.
Contact tracing and follow-up action were underway, said the Information and Public Relations Department. Sundargarh district recorded highest 32 fresh cases followed by Bargarh (25) and Angul (21). The number of total active cases in the State stood at 2,203 and recovered cases at 3,26,778.