The State on Saturday registered a high of 47 more Covid-19 deaths, with which the total toll mounted to 3,848.
Maximum nine deaths were reported from Khordha district followed by five each from Bargarh, Cuttack and Nayagarh, three from Sundargarh, Puri and Ganjam, two each from Angul, Jajpur and Kendrapada and one each from Baleswar, Dhenkanal, Gajapati, Jagatsinghpur, Jharsuguda, Kalahandi, Mayurbhanj and Nuapada.
And the Covid-19 caseload in the State rose to 8,97,062 with as many as 3,554 people reported as positive in the 30 districts and the State pool on the day.
In the last 24 hrs, 69,480 samples were tested and the test positivity rate (TPR) stood at 5.2 per cent.
Out of the new cases, 1,526 were local contacts and 2,028 were quarantine cases.
Khordha district reported the highest 651 cases followed by Cuttack with 501, Baleswar 271, Jajpur 256, Puri 233, Mayurbhanj 196, Bhadrak 158, Jagatsinghpur 145, Angul 133, Kendrapada 119 and Nayagarh 100.
As many as 19 districts reported cases below 100. Those are: Sundargarh 71, Koraput 69, Keonjhar 65, Rayagada and Malkangiri 61 each, Dhenakanl 56, Kandhamal 38, Boudh 33, Bargarh 31, Balangir 31, Subarnapur 29, Gajapati 24, Ganjam and Nabarangpur 22, Kalahandi 21, Nuapada 20, Sambalpur 18, Jharsuguda 11 and Deogarh eight.