The State continued to witness a steep rise in the Covid-19 cases when 879 persons tested positive for the virus on Thursday in 28 districts and the State pool. With this, the total positive tally rose to 34,5526 in the State.Out of the new cases, 518 were from quarantine and 361 were local contacts.
Khordha district registered day’s highest 144 cases followed by Sundargarh with 131, Nuapada 61, Bargarh 53, Cuttack 50, Sambalpur 48, Puri 45, Ganjam 31, Mayurbhanj 29, Keonjhar 25 and Jharsuguda 23.Besides, 32 were reported from State pool.Currently, active cases stood at 4,888 and the cumulative samples tested were 92,75,631.