The Covid-19 death toll continued to surge in the State with: as many as 16 more persons losing their lives on Monday in 11 districts. With this, the total toll mounted to 1,441. Three deaths each were reported from Khordha and Keonjhar districts, two in Sambalpur and one each in Baleswar, Bargarh, Cuttack, Jajpur, Mayurbhanj, Nayagarh, Sundargarh and Boudh.
The deceased in Khordha were a 65-year-old man , a 62-year-old man and a 65-year-old man. The causalities in Keonjhar were a 55-year-old man, a 38-year-old man and an 80-year-old woman. The deaths in Sambalpur were of a 70-year-old man and a 90-year-old man. The other deceased were a 55 -year-old woman of Baleswar, a 57-year-old man of Bargarh, a 64-year-old man of Boudh, a 75-year-old man of Cuttack, a 46-year-old man of Jajpur, a 65-year-old man of Mayurbhanj, a 51-year-old man of Nayagarh and a 45-year-old man of Sundargarh.(Rourkela).
Meanwhile, 1,219 new cases were registered in all 30 districts and the State pool on the day, taking the positive tally to 3,02,793.
Of the new cases, 708 were detected from quarantine and 511 were local contacts.The data revealed that Khordha district, which used to record the highest numbers of daily positive cases till Sunday, came down to fourth position on the day with 92 cases.
Baleswar and Sundargarh recorded the highest 107 cases followed by Cuttack 106, Khordha 92, Mayurbhanj 83, Angul 78, Jagatsinghpur 53, Kendrapada 50, Balangir 46, Keonjhar 40, Bargarh 39, Kalahandi 38, Jharsuguda 36, Puri 34, Jajpur and Sambalpur 32 each, Nuapada 31, Dhenkanal 30, Koraput 28, Nayagarh 23, Bhadrak 22, Subarnapur 20, Ganjam 15, Nabarangpur 13, Kandhamal 10, Deogarh and Gajapati nine each, Rayagada seven and Boudh and Malkangiri five each. Besides, 19 positive cases were detected from the State pool.