In a major declining trend, the number of new Covid-19 positive cases registered in a day in the State dropped to 650 on Tuesday after several months.Now, the State’s total the positive tally stands at 3,10,052.Of the new cases, 371 were detected from quarantine and 273 were local contacts. While the new positive cases were reported from all 30 districts, no district recorded over 100 positives.
Khordha district recorded the maximum 73 cases followed by Sundargarh 62, Mayurbhanj 59. Cuttack 38, Keonjhar 37, Puri 34 Balangir 32, Angul and Kendrapada 29 each, Jagatsinghpur 27, Jharsuguda 26, Bargarh 19, Jajpur 17, Malkangiri 16, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur and Sambalpur 15 each, Bargarh 14, Baleswar 13, Subarnapur 10, Nayagarh and Nuapada nine each, Ganjam seven, Dhenkanal six, Gajapati, Boudh and Deogarh three each and Rayagada one. Besides, 17 cases were reported from the State pool.
Meanwhile, 17 more patients died on the day, mounting the total toll to 1,560.Four patients succumbed in Sundargarh district, three in Sambalpur, two each in Jagatsinghpur and Subarnapur and one each in Khordha (Bhubaneswar), Bhadrak, Bargarh, Puri, Ganjam and Cuttack. The deceased in Sundargarh were a 70-year-old woman, a 56-year-old man, a 76-year-old man and a 76-year-old man. The causalities in Sambalpur were a 72-year-old woman, a 71-year-old man and a 62-year-old woman.
The deaths in Jagatsinghpur were of a 54-year-old man and a 73-year-old woman. The fatalities in Subarnapur were a 70-year-old man and a 60-year-old man.
The other deceased were a 56-year-old woman of Bargarh, a 55-year-old man of Bhadrak, a 60-year-old man of Khordha (Bhubaneswar), an 81-year-old man of Cuttack, a 47-year-old man of Pui and a 50-year-old man of Ganjam. However, 1,315 persons recovered on the day, taking the total recoveries to 3,00477.