In a matter of great concern, the Covid-19 deaths continued to hover above the 40-mark in the State even as the daily positive cases have been witnessing a declining trend for the last several days.
The State reported 43 deaths due to the disease in the last 24 hours, with which the total toll surged to 3,633. With seven deaths, Khordha district recorded the day’s highest fatalities while Bargarh and Cuttack reported five each followed by four each in Jharsuguda and Puri. Two each succumbed in Balangir, Boudh, Sambalpur, Sundargarh districts while Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Kendrapada and Rayagada registered one death each.
Meanwhile, on the day, 3,031 new positive cases were reported from the 30 districts and the State pool. This was a decline from the 3,577 cases registered on Sunday.
Out of the new cases, 1,738 infections were detected from quarantine while 1,293 were local contacts. Besides, 78 cases were reported from the State pool. In the last 24 hours, 61,000 samples were tested and the test positivity rate (TPR) stood at 4.9 per cent.
Of the new cases, Khorda district reported the day’s maximum 381 cases followed by Cuttack with 295, Baleswar 290, Jajpur 226, Puri 180, Mayurbhanj 167, Nayagarh 140, Bhadrak 135, Angul 121, Kendrapada 118, Jagatsinghpur 107, Dhenkanal 90, Sundargarh 80, Koraput and Keonjhar 68 each, Nabarangpur 63, Rayagada 44, Malkangiri 43, Boudh 40 Kalahandi and Bargarh 39 each, Kandhamal 38, Sambalpur and Balangir 30 each, Ganjam 26, Gajapati 25, Subarnapur 22, Nuapada 20, Jharsuguda 17 and Deogarh 11. However, another 4,587 patients recovered on the day, increasing the total recoveries to 8,44,801.