The coronavirus curve continued to rise alarmingly as the State on Thursday recorded its highest-ever single-day spike of the virus cases with detection of 4,340 positives, taking the total infection count to 1,96,888.surged to 752.Khordha district reported five deaths (including three in Bhubaneswar), followed by four deaths in Puri district, two in Kendrapada and one each in Balangir, Mayurbhanj, Nayagarh, Rayagada and Subarnapur districts, Health and Family Welfare Department said. The deceased in Khordha district were a 57- year-old man, a 69 year-old man and a 65-year-old man, a 76-year-old man and a 72-year-old man (all of Bhubaneswar).
The Puri fatalities were of a 79-year old man, a 67-year-old man, a 82-year-old man and a 39-year-old man.The two deceased in Kendrapada were a 58-year-old woman and an 82-year-old man. The other deceased were a 43-year-old man of Balangir, a 58-year-old man of Mayurbhanj, a 54-year-old man of Nayagarh, a 57-year-old man of Rayagada and a 70-year-old man of Subarnapur. However, another 3,779 patients recovered on the day, taking total recoveries in State to 1,61,044.
The highest 550 recovered in Khordha followed by Cuttack 427, Puri 158 , Baleswar 155, Bargarh and Jharsuguda 152 each, Kandhamal and Mayurbhanj 135, Sambalpur 127, Rayagada 118, Jajpur 113, Jagatsinghpur 105, Ganjam 99, Balangir 98, Bhadrak 92, Nabarangpur 81, Nuapada 77, Keonjhar 76, Dhenkanal 74, Kendrapada and Koraput 69 each, Kalahandi and Subarnapur 65 each, Sundargarh 62, Gajapati 58, Nayagarh 47, Malkangiri 46, Boudh 44, Angul 39, Deogarh seven and State pool 284.