The State on Tuesday registered 206 new Covid-19 positive cases in 15 districts and the State pool, surging the total tally to 10, 45,862.
Among the newly-infected were 32 children in the age group of 0 to 18 years.Notably, the State reported 185 cases on Monday. Of the new cases, 109 were reported from quarantine and 85 local contacts.Khordha district reported the day’s highest 120 cases (58% of total cases) followed by Cuttack with 15 and Jajpur 12, The districts which reported below-10 cases were Sundargarh five, Jagatsinghpur four, Ganjam Baleswar, Bhadrak and Jharsuguda three each, Boudh and Kendrapada two each and Kandhamal and Dhenkanal one each.
Besides, 27 cases were reported from State pool.The active cases stood at 2,669.Two more persons succumbed to disease, mounting total death toll to 8,381 in State.