The Covid-19 caseload in the State rose to 3,07,004 on Friday after 1,018 new positive cases were reported from 29 districts and the State pool. Of the new cases, 585 were from quarantine and 433 local contacts.
For the first time in over four months, no district has reported more than100 cases, the Information and Public Relations Department said.
Sundargarh recorded the day’s highest 94 cases followed by Mayurbhanj 86, Khordha 83, Cuttack 73, Balangir 67, Angul 65, Jagatsinghpur 51, Sambalpur 46, Kalahandi 43, Nuapada 41, Jajpur 39, Kendrapada and Puri 38 each, Keonjhar 35, Bargarh and Jharsuguda 27 each, Baleswar 24, Dhenkanal 20, Kandhamal 19, Nabarangpur 17, Ganjam 13, Koraput 12, Nayagarh 10, Bhadrak nine, Subarnapur eight, Gajapati seven, Deogarh four, Malkangiri three and Boudh two. Besides, 17 cases were detected from the State pool. Meanwhile, 12 Covid fatalities on the day pushed the death toll to 1,495.
Three patients died in Sundargarh district, two each in Khordha (Bhubaneswar) and Dhenkanal and one each in Sambalpur, Koraput, Kandhamal, Puri, and Angul.
The deaths in Sundargarh were of a 55-year-old woman, a 51-year-old man and a 52-year- old woman. The deceased in Khordha were a 48-year-old man and a 57-year-old man (both of Bhubaneswar)The causalities in Dhenkanal were a 69-year-old man and a 52-year-old man.
The other deceased were a 58-year-old man of Angul, a 46-year-old man of Kandhamal, a 60-year-old woman of Koraput, a 45-year-old man of Puri and a 60-year-old man of Sambalpur.
However, 1,504 persons recovered on the day, taking the total recoveries to 2,95,245.