The State on Thursday registered 644 new Covid-19 cases in 25 districts and the State pool, with which the total tally increased to 10,22,594.
Among the new infected were 72 children in the age group of 0 to 18 years.Notably, the State had reported 734 positive cases on Wednesday.
Out of the 644 new cases, 375 were from quarantine and 269 local contacts. Khordha district reported the day’s highest 283 cases followed by Cuttack with 77, Baleswar 34, Jagatsinghpur 28, Puri 22, Jajpur 20, Mayurbhanj 15, Angul 14, Sundargarh 13, Kendrapada 11 and Sambalpur 10.The districts which recorded below-10 cases were Bhadrak seven, Dhenkanal, Ganjam and Nayagarh six each, Balangir, Jharsuguda and Malkangiri five each, Deogarh four, Rayagada two and Gajapati, Kandhamal, Keonjhar and Subarnapur one each.
Besides, 67 cases were reported from the State pool.The active cases stood at 5,713.Meanwhile, seven more patients succumbed in the State in the last 24 hours, with which the total death toll mounted to 8,157.
Angul, Cuttack, Jajpur, Khordha, Nabarangpur, Puri and Sundargarh districts reported one death each.So far, 10,08,671 persons have recovered from the pandemic in the State.
State capital Bhubaneswar on Thursday registered 218 new Covid-19 cases, with which caseload increased to 1,11,578 in city. There were now 3,670 active cases.Out of fresh cases, 168 were local contacts and 50 quarantine cases.Notably, the city detected 186 infections on Wednesday.
So far, 1,114 persons have succumbed to disease in city. However, 186 patients recovered in last 24 hours, increasing total recoveries to 1, 06,873.