Even though the Covid-19 positive cases witnessed a significant dip in the last 24 hours due to reduced testing owing to the Cyclone Yaas situation, the State registered 34 deaths due to the disease. With this, the total death toll increased to 2,618.
Angul district recorded the maximum five deaths followed by Kalahandi and Khordha with four each. Boudh, Sundargarh and Nuapada three each, Gajapati, Jharsuguda, Kendrapada, Nabarangpur and Rayagada two each and Dhenkanal and Puri one each. The single-day positive cases in the State numbered a much lower 6,736 compared to the last several days during the pandemic’s second wave. With the new cases reported from the 30 districts and the State pool, the total tally surged to 7,32,739.Of the new cases, 3,774 were from quarantine while 2,962 were local contacts.
Angul district recorded the day’s maximum 788 cases followed by Sundargarh with 720, Khordha 517, Bargarh 405, Jajpur 374, Cuttack 362, Sambalpur 309, Nabarangpur 282, Puri 265, Boudh 262, Kalahandi 241, Koraput 219, Nayagarh 207 Bhadrak 206, Ganjam 169, Dhenkanal 178, Balangir 144, Rayagada 123, Jharsuguda 120, Jagatsinghpur 106, Malkangiri 98, Kandhamal 85, Subarnapur 82, Gajapati 80, Baleswar 71, Deogarh 64, Nuapada 48, Mayurbhanj 34 and Kendrapada and Keonjhar 24 each.