The State on Saturday registered 1,864 Covid-19 positive cases in the 30 districts and the State pool, with which the total tally increased to 9,65,715.
A total of 74,707 samples were tested in the last 24 hours.
Out of the new cases, 1,082 were from quarantine and 782 local contacts. The active cases in the State stood at 19,013.
Khordha district reported the day’s highest 486 cases followed by Cuttack with 221, Baleswar 114 and Jajpur 107.
The districts which reported below-100 cases were Jagatsinghpur with 89, Dhenkanal 84, Angul 69, Nayagarh 66, Bhadraj 65, Kendrapada and Puri 59 each, Sundargarh 56, Keonjhar 44, Sambalpur 34, Bargarh and Rayagada 24 each, Kandhamal 16, Ganjam and Malkangiri 12 each, Nuapada nine, Jharsuguda eight, Kalahandi and Koraput seven each, Deogarh and Subarnapur six each, Balangir five, Boudh and Gajapati three each and Nabarangpur two. Besides, 100 cases were reported from the State pool.
Meanwhile, another 68 patients succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, with which the total death toll surged to 5,445, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.
The maximum 30 deaths were reported from Khordha district followed by Puri with 11, Angul eight, Mayurbhanj seven, Keonjhar six and Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur, Kandhamal, Malkangiri, Nuapada and Sundergarh one each. So far, 9,39,160 patients have recovered in the State.