The State registered 3,087 new Covid-19 positive cases in the 30 districts and the State pool in last 24 hours, it was reported on Thursday. With this, the total tally increased to to 9,12,887.In the last 24 hours, a total of 74,000 samples had been tested and the test positivity rate (TPR) stood at 4.1 per cent.
Out of the new cases 1,775 were from quarantine and 1,312 were local contacts.The day’s maximum 584 cases were reported from the Khordha district followed by Cuttack with 462, Baleswar 246, Jajpur 205, Puri 189, Mayurbhanj 154, Bhadrak 145 and Nayagarh 110.
As many as 22 districts registered below-100 cases. They were Dhenkanal with 95, Malkangiri 84, Angul 78, Koraput 77, Keonjhar 72, Kendrapada 70, Jagatsinghpur 60, Sundargarh 59, Bargarh 36, Boudh and Nabarangpur 35 each, Sambalpur 31, Kandhamal 28, Subarnapur 24, Ganjam 22, Balangir and Rayagada 21 each, Kalahandi 17, Gajapati 16, Nuapada six, Jharsuguda five and Deogarh three.Besides, 97 cases were reported from the State pool. Meanwhile, 45 more Covid casualties were reported in the last 24 hours in the State, with which the total death toll surged to 4,063.
The maximum five deaths were reported from Nayagarh and Puri districts followed by four each in Ganjam and Keonjhar, three each im Bargarh and Sundargarh, two each in Angul, Cuttack and Sambalpur and one each in Baleswar, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Jharsuguda, Mayurbhanj and Nabarangpur.So far, 8,56,498 patients have recovered in the State.