For the second consecutive day on Sunday, the daily Covid-19 cases crossed the 500-mark in the State with the detection of 576 new infections in 27 districts and the State pool. With this, the total tally increased to 12,93.504.
Among the newly-infected were 69 children in the age group of 0 to 18 years.
Notably, the State had reported 512 Covid cases on Saturday.
Out of the new cases, 337 were from quarantine and 239 local contacts.
Khordha district reported the day’s highest 204 cases followed by Cuttack with 118, Sundargarh 42, Puri 37, Subarnapur 20, Mayurbhanj 17, Baleswar 16, Jagatsinghpur and Gajapati eight each, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Sambalpur and Jharsuguda six each, Kalahandi and Nuapada five each, Deogarh and Keonjhar four each, Koraput three, Rayagada, Balangir, Bargarh, Dhenkanal and Nayagarh two each and Angul, Boudh and Nabarangpur one each.
Besides, 45 cases were reported from the State pool.
The number of active cases rose to 3,027. Khordha district, which includes Bhubaneswar, accounted for the highest 1,358 active cases followed by Cuttack with 561, Sundargarh 146 and Puri 116.
So far, 12,81,298 patients have recovered from the disease in the State.