The Covid-19 situation continued to remain alarming in Odisha with the State registering an all-time high of positive cases as well as deaths on Friday.As many as 27 patients succumbed to the virus on the day, mounting the total death toll to 2,430.
Four causalities each were reported from Khordha and Koraput districts, three each from Nuapada, Rayagada and Sundargarh, two from Kalahandi while one each death was recorded in Bargarh, Balangir, Boudh, Gajapati, Jharsuguda, Nabarangpur, Nuapada and Subanapur. And on the day, 12,523 persons were reported as testing positive in the 30 districts and the State pool, with which the total tally surged to 6,68,422.Of the new cases, 7,012 were reported from quarantine centres and 5,511 were local contact cases.
Khordha district, which included State's capital Bhubaneswar, topped chart with 1,842 cases followed by Cuttack with 1,084, Angul 930, Sundargarh 715, Puri 568, Mayurbhanj 546, Baleswar 510, Kalahandi 491, Jajpur 419, Sambalpur 400, Nabarangpur 383, Jharsuguda 373, Ganjam 369, Boudh 365, Jagatsinghour 325, Rayagada 321, Nayagarh 315, Bargarh 315, Balangir 296, Koraput 233, Keonjhar 232, Subarnapur 202, Kendrapada 195, Bhadrak 177, Dhenkanal 132, Nuapada 129, Deogarh 106, Kandhamal 100, Malkangiri 73 & Gajapati 53.