The State on Tuesday registered 296 new Covid-19 positive cases in 21 districts and the State pool, surging the total tally to 10,44,041.
Among the newly-infected were 58 children in the age group of 0 to 18 years. Of the new cases, 174 were from quarantine and 122 local contacts.Notably, the State had recorded 276 cases on Monday.
Khordha district recorded the day’s highest 152 cases followed by Cuttack and Sundargarh with 23 each, Jajpur 14 and Gajapati 10. The districts which recorded below-10 cases were Deogarh five, Baleswar, Bhadrak, Malkangiri, Mayurbhanj and Sambalpur: four each, Jagatsinghpur three, Balangir two and Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda, Kendrapada, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Nayagarh, Puri and Rayagada one case each. Besides, 36 cases were detected from the State Pool.The active cases stood at 3,058.
Three more persons succumbed to the disease in the State, mounting the total death toll to 3,864.Khordha district reported two fatalities and Angul one.So far, 10,32,566 patients have recovered from the disease.