A day after registering a considerable dip in the daily Covid-19 positive cases and deaths, the State registered a slight increase in both positive cases and causalities on Wednesday. In the last 24 hours, 3,456 people tested positive in the 30 districts while 46 patients succumbed to the virus during the period.With the new cases, the total tally rose to 8,86,946. The fresh cases included 1,973 from quarantine and 1,843 local contacts.
In the last 24 hours, 65,845 samples were tested and the test positivity rate (TPR) stood at 5.2 percent.Khordha district reported the day’s highest 499 cases followed by Cuttack 480, Puri 289 Jajpur 267, Bhadrak 194, Mayurbhanj 180, Baleswar 174 Kendrapada 147, Nayagarh 126 and Angul 118. As many as 20 districts reported below 100 cases. Those are Sundargarh 90, Malkangiri 82, Jagatsinghpur 81, Koraput 81, Keonjhar 73, Bargarh 69, Dhenkanal 57, Rayagada 56, Subarnapur 43, Nabarangpur 42, Sambalpur 39, Kandhamal 31, Balangir 28, Boudh 25, Kalahandi 21, Jharsuguda 20, Ganjam 19, Gajapati 17, Nuapada 16 and Deogarh 11.With the 46 new deaths, the total toll mounted to 3,717.
The highest seven fatalities were reported from Khordha district followed by five each from Bargarh, Cuttack and Puri, four each from Jharsuguda and Sambalpur, three each from Sundargarh and Jagatsinghpur, two each from Ganjam, Kalahandi, Mayurbhanj and one each from Kandhamal, Kendrapada, Koraput and Subarnapur.
Till now, 8,48,960 persons have recovered in State. State capital Bhubaneswar on Wednesday registered 375 new Covid-19 positive cases, with which its total tally rose to 87,639. This was an increase from the 339 infections reported on Tuesday.Out of new cases, 300 were local contacts and 75 were quarantine cases.
Meanwhile, four more patients succumbed to the disease in the city in last 24 hours, with which total death toll rose to 415.However, 384 persons recovered on day, increasing total recoveries to 85,737.