The State on Thursday reported 434 new Covid-19 cases in 28 districts and the State pool in the last 24 hours, pushing the total positives’ tally to 3,20,017.
Of the new cases, 249 were from quarantine and 185 local contact cases, the Information & Public Relations Department said.
Khordha district reported the day’s highest 54 cases followed by Angul 45, Sundargarh 41, Nuapada 30, Balangir 29, Cuttack 28, Mayurbhanj 27, Keonjhar 25, Bargarh 23, Puri 19, Jajpur 16, Baleswar 10, Ganjam and Jagatsinghpur nine each, Kalahandi Sambalpur, Bhadrak and Kendrapada eight each, Jharsuguda seven, Koraput six, Boudh three, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur and Dhenkanal two each and Nayagarh Rayagada, Subarnapur and Deogarh one each.
Besides, 11 cases were reported from the State pool.
Meanwhile, five patients succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, with which the State’s total death toll mounted to 1,755.
Three deaths were reported from Ganjam district and one each from Khordha (Bhubaneswar) and Nayagarh, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.