The State registered 387 more Covid-19 positive cases on Wednesday in 25 districts and the State pool, surging the total tally to 10, 44,428,
Among the newly-infected were 75 children in the age group of 0 to 18 years.
Notably, the State had reported 296 cases on Tuesday.
Of the new cases, 223 were from quarantine and 164 local contacts. Khordha district recorded the day’s highest 195 cases followed by Cuttack with 33, Sambalpur 18, Puri 12 and Jagatsinghpur and Jajpur 10 each, The districts which recorded below 10 cases were Baleswar nine, Gajapati seven, Deogarh, Kendrapada, Nayagarh and Sundargarh six each, Dhenkanal five, Keonjhar four, Ganjam three, Angul, Balangir, Bargarh and Mayurbhanj two each and Bhadrak, Jharsuguda, Kandhamal, Nabarangpur, Rayagada and Subarnapur one each. Besides, 43 cases were detected from the State Pool.
The active cases stood at 2,980. Four more persons succumbed to the disease in the State, mounting the total death toll to 8,368, Khodha district reported three deaths and Angul one. However, 317 patients recovered on the day, increasing the total recoveries to 10,33,344 .