The State registered 262 new Covid-19 positive cases in 20 districts and the State pool on Sunday, with which the total tally increased to 10,45,471.
Among the newly-infected were 42 children in the age group of 0 to 18 years.
Notably, the State had recorded 247 cases on Saturday.
Of the new cases, 153 were from quarantine and 109 were local contacts.
Khordha district recorded the day’s highest 132 cases, i.e., 50.38 per cent of total cases followed by Cuttack with 21, Sambalpur 14 and Baleswar 12.
The districts which recorded below-10 cases were Kendrapada eight, Jajpur and Sundargarh six each, Bhadrak, Dhenkanal and Mayurbhanj five each, Deogarh and Jagatsinghpur three each, Ganjam, Jharsuguda and Nayagarh two each and Bargarh, Koraput, Malkangiri Puri and Rayagada one each.
Besides, 31 cases were detected from the State pool.
The active cases stood at 2,741.
Two more persons succumbed to the disease in the State, pushing the total death toll to 8,377. One fatality each was reported from Dhenkanal and Jagatsinghpur districts. With new fatalities, the number of deaths of the two districts rose to 244 and 318, respectively.
So far, 10,34,300 persons have recovered in the State.