The State on Friday registered 477 Covid-19 cases in 22 districts and the State pool, with which the total tally increased to 10,26,953. Among those infected were 74 children in the age group of 0 to 18 years.
Notably, the State had reported 602 infections on Thursday. In the last 24 hours, 65,459 samples were tested and the test positivity report (TPR) was 0.72 per cent.
Out of 477 fresh cases, 278 were from quarantine and 199 local contacts. The active cases stood at 5,556. Khordha district reported the day’s highest 200 cases followed by Cuttack with 62, Baleswar 26, Jagatsinghpur and Mayurbhanj 23 each, Jajpur and Puri 16 each and Sambalpur 11. Besides, 45 cases were reported from the State pool. Four more persons succumbed to the disease, taking the total death toll to 8,202. Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Mayurbhanj and Nayagarh districts reported one death each.However, 691 more patients recovered, increasing the total recoveries to 1,01,3,833.