Seventeen more patients succumbed to Covid-19 on Tuesday in 10 districts of the State. With this, the total toll surged to 1,057.
Mayurbhanj district registered the highest four deaths followed by Khordha with three (all of Bhubaneswar), Puri district two, Sundargarh two and one each in Jagatsinghpur, Baleswar, Balangir, Jharsuguda, Kendrapada and Sambalpur districts. The deceased in Mayurbhanj were a 65-year-old man, a 55-year-old man, a 48-year-old man and a 53-year-old man. The Bhubaneswar deaths were of a 70-year-old man, an 87-year-old man and a 38-year-old man. The casualties in Puri were of a 60-year-old man and a 60-yearold woman. The fatalities in Sundargarh were of a 66-year-old man and a 62-year-old woman.
The other deceased were a 61-year-old man of Jagatsingpur, a 45-year-old man of Baleswar district, a 48-year-old man of Balangir, a 52-year-old man of Jharsuguda, a 70-year-old man of Kendrapada and a 76-year-old man of Sambalpur.
Meanwhile, in a declining trend, the State on Tuesday registered 2,275 new positive cases on the day, the lowest daily cases in several weeks, taking the positive tally to 2,56,937. Of the new cases, 1,318 were from quarantine and 957 local contact cases. Khordha recorded the highest 364 cases, followed by Sundargarh Sundargarh 150, Cuttack 144, Angul 136, Baleswar 111, Mayurbhanj 110, Jharsuguda 100, Jajpur 82, Balangir 77, Puri 71, Kendrapada 68, Nuapada 69, Bargarh and Kalahandi 64 each, Sambalpur 56, Jagatsinghpur 55, Malkangiri 53, Bhadrak, Kandhamal and Subarnapur 50 each, Koraput and Nabarangpur 39 each, Ganjam 36, Keonjhar 37, Rayagada 33, Nayagarh 31, Dhenkanal 27, Boudh 21, Deogarh 15 and Gajapati six.
Besides, 67 positive cases were detected from the State pool. With 40,058 Covid tests done during the period, the cumulative tests rose to 38,36,825.However, another 2,796 persons recovered on the day, taking the total recoveries to 2,32,988.