The State witnessed a further drop in Covid-19 positive cases on Saturday with the 30 districts and the State pool registering 4,842 cases. With this, the total tally increased to 12,41,068.
Among the newlt-infected were 671 children in the age group of 0 to 18 years.
Notably, the State had recorded 5,057 Covid cases on Friday.
In the last 24 hours, 63,601 samples were tested and the test positivity rate (TPR) was 7.61 per cent.
The active cases stood at 58,533.
Of the new cases, 2,809 were from quarantine and 2,033 local contacts.
Khordha district reported the highest 1,253 cases followed by 443 in Cuttack 443, Nayagarh 210, Mayurbhanj, 179, Baleswar 169, Sundargarh 159, Kalahandi 155, Sambalpur 149, Nuapada 142, Balangir 140, Jajpur 134, Nabarangpur 124, Bhadrak 106, Angul 104, Rayagada 101, Jagatsinghpur 96, Deogarh 85, Dhenkanal 84, Koraput 81, Kandhamal 80, Puri 76, Bargarh 72, Jharsuguda 70, Keonjhar 69, Gajapati 65, Kendrapada 60, Ganjam 58, Malkangiri 43, Subarnapur 42 and Boudh 28.
Besides, 265 cases were reported from the State pool.
A high of 15 more patients died, pushing the total death toll to 8,575. Three deaths each were reported from Khordha and Ganjam districts and one each from Angul, Bargarh, Cuttack, Kendrapada, Mayurbhanj, Nabarangpur, Nuapada, Puri and Rayagada.
So far, 11,63,396 patients have recovered in the State.
Capital Bhubaneswar registered 876 Covid-19 cases, with which the total tally in the city rose to 1,50,103. The active cases were 11,860.
One more person succumbed to the disease, taking the total death toll to 1,116.
However, 754 more patients recovered, increasing the total recoveries to 1,37,106.