The Covid-19 positive cases in the State increased marginally to 3,631 on Thursday from 3,535 on Wednesday. With the new cases reported from the 30 districts and the State pool, the State’s total positive caseload rose to 8,66,692. A total of 63,421 samples were tested in the last 24 hours and the test positivity rate (TPR) stood at 5.72 per cent compared to 6.02 per cent in the previous 24 hours.
Out of the new cases 2,069 cases were from quarantine and 1,562 were local contacts. Khordha district again reported the highest daily cases at 506 followed by Cuttack with 438, Jajpur 305, Baleswar 262, Angul 204, Puri 199, Bhadrak 178, Kendrapada 120, Dhenkanal 114, Mayurbhanj 112, Nabarangpur 108, Nayagarh 106, Jagatsinghpur 92, Boudh 84, Sundargarh 83, Koraput 80, Rayagada 79, Keonjhar 68, Malkangiri 56, Subarnapur and Bargarh 50 each, Kandhamal 48, Kalahandi 41, Sambalpur 37, Balangir 36, Deogarh 28, Ganjam 27, Nuapada 19 and Gajapati 18.
Besides, 64 cases were reported from the State pool.The active cases in the State stood at 45,809; and so far, 8,17,359 patients have recovered.However, as many as 39 more patients succumbed to the virus in 14 districts of the State in last 24 hours, mounting the total death toll to 3,471.
Khordha district reported maximum six casualties including four in Bhubaneswar, followed by Cuttack, Jharsuguda, Puri and Sundargarh four each, Ganjam, Jagatsinghpur and Kalahandi three each, Boudh and Subarnapur two each and Nabarangpur, Bargarh, Dhenkanal and Nuapada one each. However, another 6,240 patients recovered on the day, increasing the total recoveries to 8,23,599 in the State.