As many as 16 more persons succumbed to Covid-19 in the State on Tuesday, pushing the total toll to 1,168, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.
While four persons died in Mayurbhanj district, three each died in Khordha and Kalahandi. Two died in Nuapada and one each in Jharsuguda, Bhadrak, Cuttack and Kendrapada.
Meanwhile, the daily positives’ count stayed below the 2000-mark for the second consecutive day with 1,904 cases on the day from all 30 districts and the State pool. With this, the positive case tally rose to 2,72,250. Of the new cases 1,115 were detected from quarantine and 789 were local contacts. Khordha recorded the highest 221 cases.