The State on Sunday witnessed the highest single-day surge of 4,330 Covid-19 positive cases from all 30 districts along with 10 deaths in eight districts due to the virus. As many as 4,018 patients also recovered from the disease on the day.With fresh fatalities, the State’s death toll went past 700-mark to 701 and positives rose to 1,79,880. The State recorded more than 4,000 cases for a consecutive fifth day. Out of the 10 new fatalities, eight were males and two females. While two each died in Cuttack and Puri districts, one each succumbed to the virus in Balangir, Ganjam, Kalahandi, Khurda, Mayurbhanj and Sambalpur districts, according to the Health and Family Welfare Department.
While six of the deceased had no other health complications, the rest four were suffering from diabetes and other diseases besides being infected with coronavirus. The two who died in Cuttack district were males aged 69 years and 84 years and the fatalities in Puri district were a 54-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman.
While a 40-year-old male died in Balangir, a 68-year-old male of Ganjam, a 65-year-old male of Kalahandi, a 92-year-old male of Khordha, an 80-year-old female of Mayurbhanj and a 53-year-old male of Sambalpur succumbed to the virus.
Out of fresh Covid positives, 2,556 were detected from among quarantined people and the rest 1,774 were local contacts. As many as 15 districts reported 100 and more cases.
Khordha reported the highest of 644 cases followed by Cuttack 549, Puri 292, Kandhamal 178, Angul 176, Jagatsinghpur 167, Jajpur 158, Jharsuguda 153, Mayurbhanj 152, Nawarangpur 133, Sundargarh 123, Balasore 121, Keonjhar 118, Kendrapada and Sambalpur 107, Kalahandi 100, Bargarh 99, Koraput 94, Rayagada 85, Balangir 79, Bhadrak 74, Dhenkanal 67, Malkangiri 63, Nuapada 62, Nayagarh 53, Ganjam 51, Boudh 47, Subarnapur 25, Gajapati 16 and Deogarh 12.
Besides, the positives from the State pool were recorded at 225.With 51,154 Covid tests done during the last 24 hours, the cumulative number of tests rose to 26,66,976 so far.
However, during the last 24 hours till Sunday evening, 4,018 move Covid patients recovered, taking the number of people cured of the virus to 1,45,675. Khordha witnessed the highest 840 recoveries followed by Cuttack 434, Puri 274, Baleswar 194, Kendrapada 139, Subarnapur 136, Jagatsinghpur 126 Jajpur 120, Angul 116, Rayagada 113, Jharsuguda 111, Bhadrak 104, Bargarh 95, Sambalpur and Sundargarh 90 each, Koraput 88, Mayurbhanj 83 Nuapada 77, Kandhamal 75, Nabarangpur 71, Dhenkanal and Ganjam 67 each, Nayagarh 60, Keonjhar 57, Balangir 46, Kalahandi 42, Boudh 34, Malkangiri 33, Deogarh 17 and Gajapati 15.
Besides, 204 from the State Pool recovered.After recoveries, the State’s active cases came down to 33,451 based on infection cases recorded by Sunday morning.