The State on Friday recorded its highest single-day spike of 3,682 Covid-19 positive cases pushing the total tally to 94,668, including 28,836 active cases.
Of the new cases from across all 30 districts, 2,241 were reported from various quarantine centres while 1441 were local contact cases, the Information and Public Relations Department said.
Khordha district reported the day’s highest 775 cases followed by Rayagada 495, Cuttack 369, Mayurbhanj 272, Ganjam 174, Bargarh 152, Koraput 140, Sambalpur 128, Puri 115, Nayagarh 109, Jajpur 88, Baleswar 87, Malkangiri 86, Balangir 68, Dhenkanal 61, Keonjhar 59, Angul 56, Bhadrak 51, Gajapati 48, Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapada 44 each, Jharsuguda 43, Kalahandi 41, Nabarangpur 38, Kandhamal 36, Subarnapur and Sundargarh 27 each, Nuapada 23, Boudh 14 and Deogarh 12.
Meanwhile, eight more patients succumbed to the disease on the day while undergoing treatment. With this, the total death toll reached 456 in the State.
Two deaths each were reported from Khordha district (Bhubaneswar) and Ganjam while one each was reported from Bhadrak, Bargarh, Balangir and Rayagada.
The Bhubaneswar deaths were of a 65-year-old man and a 56-year-old man.
The deceased in Ganjam were a 55-year-old woman and a 45-year-old man.
The other deceased included a 61-year-old woman of Bargarh, a 62-year-old man of Bhadrak, a 40-year-old man of Balangir and a 60-year-old man of Rayagada, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.