The Covid-19 cases declined significantly on Monday with 1,648 cases reported in the 30 districts and the State pool in last 24 hours. This was the record low of the caseload in several weeks. Now, the cumulative tally has risen to 9,55,974.
A total of 69,812 samples were tested in the last 24 hours and the test positivity rate (TPR) was 2.36 per cent.
Of the new cases, 955 were from quarantine and 693 local contacts. Cuttack district reported the day's highest 335 cases followed by Khordha with 230 and Jagatsinghpur 112. The districts which reported below-100 cases were Angul with 89, Baleswar 83, Mayurbhanj and Bhadrak 77 each, Nayagarh 73, Puri 67, Dhenkanal 54, Kendrapada 50, Malkangiri 35, Sundergarh 33, Sambalpur 24, Keonjhar and Rayagada 21 each, Bargarh 17, Kandhamal 15, Nabarangpur 12, Kalahandi and Ganjam 11 each, Subarnapur 10, Jharsuguda nine, Nuapada seven, Koraput six, Boudh and Gajapati five each and Deogarh and Balangir one each.
Besides, 44 cases were reported from the State pool. Meanwhile, another 58 patients succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, with which the total death toll in the State surged to 5,116, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.
The maximum 29 deaths were reported from Khordha district followed by Bargarh with 10, Baleswar eight, Sundergarh seven, Ganjam six, Sambalpur and Kandhamal two each and Boudh, Kalahandi, Kendrapada, Mayurbhanj, Nuapada, Puri and Rayagada one each. However, another 2,248 patients recovered on the day, increasing the total recoveries to 9,32,666.