The Covid-19 death toll continued to surge in the State as eight more deaths were reported on Sunday. With this, the total death toll rose to 546.
Ganjam district reported four deaths and one each from Khordha, Koraput, Rayagada and Sundargarh.The deceased in Ganjam included a 48-year-old man, a 45-year-old man, a 78-year-old man and a 56-year-old man.
The other casualties were a 48-year-old man of Khordha (Bhubaneswar), a 49-year-old woman of Koraput, a 38-year-old man of Rayagada and 80-year-old man of Sundargarh,· Meanwhile on the day, the State recorded the highest number of single-day 3,810 positive case from all 30 districts, pushing the total tally to 1,24,031.Of the news cases, 2,286 were detected from quarantine while the rest 1,524 cases were local contacts.Khordha district recorded the highest 797 cases followed by Bargarh 396, Cuttack 322, Jajpur 252, Jharsuguda 192, Mayurbhanj 142, Baleswar 120, Puri 117, Ganjam 108, Bhadrak 107, Subarnapur 106, Kendrapada 103, Rayagada 101, Nuapada 93, Keonjhar 84, Koraput 84, Sambalpur 83, Nabaarangpur 78, Angul 73, Jagatsinghpur 67, Nayagarh 62, Kalahandi 57, Dhenkanal 51, Kandhamal 45, Balangir 43, Malkangiri 37, Sundargarh 34, Boudh 29, Gajapati 20 and Deogarh seven.
However, another 2,590 persons recovered in the State on Sunday, taking the total recoveries to 96,324.