The State registered 28 Covid-19 positive cases in 11 districts and the State pool on Thursday. The total tally rose to 12,87,801. Among the newly-infected were three children in the age group of 18 years.
Notably, the State had recorded 16 cases on Wednesday.
Of the new cases, 17 were from quarantine and 11 local contacts.
Khordha district reported the highest seven new cases followed by Sambalpur wih four, Balangir, Cuttack, Kendrapada and Sundargarh two each and Angul, Baleswar, Ganjam, and Jagatsinghpur one each.
Besides, two cases were reported from the State pool.
The active Covid cases stood at were 208. So far, 12,78,419 patients have recovered from the disease in the State.