The Covid-19 positive cases increased marginally to 3,577 on Sunday from 3,427 on Saturday. The new cases were reported from the 30 districts and the State pool, with which the total tally surged to 8,77,502.
A total of 64,112 samples were tested in the last 24 hours and the test positivity rate (TPR) stood at 5.38 percent. Out of the new cases 2,039 were from quarantine and 1,538 were local contacts.Besides, 84 cases were reported from the State pool.
Khordha district again reported the highest daily cases at 571 followed by Cuttack with 407, Jajpur 337, Puri 237, Baleswar 205, Mayurbhanj 187, Bhadrak 186, Angul 127, Kendrapada 141, Nayagarh 114 and Jagatsinghpur 103.
The districts which reported cases below 100 were Dhenkanal with 96, Rayagada 88, Malkangiri (86), Keonjhar 61, Koraput 59, Boudh 59, Nabarangpur 57, Bargarh 51, Sundargarh 43, Kandhamal 41, Kalahandi 41, Balangir 36, Sambalpur 31, Subarnapur and Gajapati 29 each, Ganjam 27, Nuapada 19, Jharsuguda 13 and Deogarh 12.
The active cases in the State stood at 38,727; and so far. 8,35,132 patients have recovered.However, as many as 42 more patients succumbed to the virus in the State in the last 24 hours, mounting the total death toll to 3,590.
Five deaths each were reported from Bargarh and Cuttack districts, four each from Koraput, Rayagada and Mayurbhanj and three each from Ganjam, Jharsuguda, Khordha. Besides, two deaths each were reported from Balangir, Puri and Sundargarh and one each from Angul, Malkangiri and Nayagarh. However, another 5,082 patients recovered on the day, increasing the total recoveries to 8,40,214.