The State reported 11 more Covid-19 deaths on Saturday, with which the total toll rose to 616, the Health and Family Welfare Department said. While Cuttack district reported three deaths, Khordha registered two followed by one each in Balangir, Jajpur, Kandhamal, Keonjhar, Nayagarh and Rayagada.
The deceased in Cuttack were a 66-year-old woman, an 88-year-old man and a 45-year-old man. The Bhubaneswar deaths were of a 30-year-old man and an 82-year-old man.
The other deceased were a 70-year-old man of Balangir, a 48-year-old man of Jajpur, a 64-year-old woman of Kandhamal, a 75-year-old man of Keonjhar, a 63-year-old man of Rayagada and a 56-year-old man of Nayagarh.
Meanwhile, the number of positive cases in the State jumped to 1,46,894 with 3,777 new ones detected from all 30 districts and the State pool on Saturday, the Information and Public Relations Department said.
Of the new cases, 2,191 were detected from quarantine and 1,586 were local contacts.
Khordha district reported the highest 815 cases followed by Cuttack 368, Puri 237, Kendrapada and Sundargarh 148, Bargarh 139, Jajpur 133, Baleswar 127, Angul 115, Sambalpur 112, Nabarangpur 107, Jagatsinghpur 100, Koraput 98, Keonjhar 78, Rayagada 75, Nuapada 73, Subarnapur 72, Nayagarh 71, Jharsuguda and Kalahandi 70 each, Bhadrak 67, Dhenkanal 67, Ganjam and Mayurbhanj 58 each, Balangir 51, Kandhamal 49, Boudh and Malkangiri 26 each, Deogarh 14 and Gajapati 13.
Besides, 192 positives were recorded from the State pool.
However, another 3,217 patients recovered on the day, taking the total recoveries to 1,15,279 in the State.
The highest 647 recovered in Khordha followed by Mayurbhanj 281, Cuttack 275, Bargarh 218, Rayagada 206, Ganjam 126, Keonjhar 116, Jajpur 112, Puri 103, Jharsuguda 96, Nabarangpur, Nuapada and Sundargarh 79 each, Sambalpur 75, Angul and Dhenkanal 69 each,
Kendrapara 59, Bhadrak and Jagatsinghpur 54 each, Subarnapur 53, Baleswar, Nayagarh and Balangir 49 each, Kandhamal 36, Malkangiri 28, Gajapati 21, Kalahandi 12, Boudh seven and Deogarh four.