Five more persons succumbed to Covid-19 infections in the State on Wednesday, increasing the total death toll to 108.
While three of the deceased belonged to Ganjam district, two casualties were natives of Gajapati and Kandhamal districts, respectively.
The deceased of Ganjam included a 40-year-old woman, who was also suffering from diabetes and hydronephrosis, a 61-year-old man also having co-morbidity, and a 60-year-old man, who was also suffering from diabetes and hypertension.
The Kandhamal deceased was an 86-year-old man, who was suffering from diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
The 72-year-old man of Gajapati district, who succumbed to the virus, was also suffering from diabetes, hypertension and coronary artery disease, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.
Also, the death of another patient due to other health complications was reported from Ganjam. With this, the number of such deaths rose to 31.
Meanwhile, an all-time high of 1,078 positive cases were reported on the day in the State, taking the total count to 19,835. Ganjam district registered the highest 371 cases, followed by Khordha with 121, Rayagada 96, Malkangiri 66, Cuttack 57, Jagatsinghpur 35, Jharsuguda 34, Sundargarh 29, Puri 28, Bargarh 26, Gajapati 24, Kendrapada 24, Jajpur 20, Sambalpuir 20, Nabarangpur 17, Keonjhar 16, Kalahandi 15, Koraput 15, Kandhamal 13, Mayurbhanj 13, Baleswar 10, Subarnapur 10, Balangir six, Nayagarh five, Boudh three, Dhenkanal two, Angul one and Bhadrak one.
However, another 440 patients recovered on Wednesday in the State, taking the total recoveries to 13,749. The highest 83 recovered in Khordha district, 68 in Ganjam, 49 in Baleswar, 40 in Malkangiri, 23 in Jagatsinghpur, 21 in Bhadrak, 20 in Mayurbhanj,18 in Koraput, 17 in Puri ,12 each in Jharsuguda, Keonjhar and Nabarangpur, 11 in Cuttack, 10 in Baragarh, 9 from Jajpur, nine in Angul, six each in Kendrapada and Sundargarh, five each in Balangir and Sambalpur and four in Nayagarh.