State registers 124 Covid cases, 1 death

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The State reported a low of 124 new Covid-19 positive cases in 19 districts and the State pool on Saturday, increasing the total tally to 10,53,769.

Among the newly-infected were 17 children in the age group of o to 18 years.

Notably, the State had recorded 141 cases on Friday.

Of the new cases, 75 were from quarantine and 49 local contacts.

 Khordha distrcit recorded the highest 61 cases.

The districts which recorded below-10 cases were Cuttack eight, Bargarh six, Jharsuguda five, Jajpur four, Baleswar, Bhadrak and Gajapati three each, Angul, Deogarh, Mayurbhanj, Nuapada, Puri, Sambalpur and Sundargarh two  each and Balangir, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, and Nayagarh one each.

Besides, 13 cases were reported from the State pool.

The active cases stood at 1,664.

One more person succumbed to the disease, pushing the total death toll to 4451. The lone fatality was reported from Bhubaneswar in Khordha district.

So far, 10,43,601 patients have recovered in the State.

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