A record number of 12 patients undergoing treatment in various hospitals succumbed to Covid-19 on Friday, increasing the State’s total death toll to 247.
Three persons died in Sundargarh district, three in Ganjam and one each in Mayurbhanj, Kendrapada, Sambalpur, Bhadrak, Dhenkanal and Gajapati.
The Ganjam deceased included a 52-year-old man, a 50-year-old man and a 62-year-old man. The casualties of were a 77-year-old man, a 66-year-old man and a 77-year-old man.
The other deceased were a 55-year-old man from Mayurbhanj, a 36-year-old man of Kendrapada, a 78-year-old woman of Sambalpur, a 55-year-old man of Bhadrak, a 61-year-old man of Dhenkanal and a 34-year-old man of Gajapati.
On the day, the State also registered the highest single-day surge of 1,833 positive cases, pushing the total tally to 42, 550.
Of the new cases, 1,118 were detected from quarantine centres and 715 were local contact cases.
The maximum 298 cases were reported from Khordha district followed by Ganjam with 279 cases. This was the first time that Khordha overtook Ganjam in the daily count.
Next to Ganjam was Rayagada with 152 cases, Cuttack 124, Sundargarh 110, Kalahandi 84, Balasore 69, Puri 67, Nayagarh 61, Jajpur 60, Bhadrak 50, Koraput 47, Dhenkanal 43, Sambalpur 39, Balangir 37, Malkangiri 36, Gajapati 35, Boudh, Kendrapada and Mayurbhanj 34 each, Subarnapur 33, Jharsuguda 30, Jagatsinghpur, Kandhamal and Keonjhar 16 each, and Nabaarangpur 11.
Besides, Angul reported nine cases, Bargarh eight and Nuapada one.
However, a record 1,810 more patients recovered on Friday, taking the total recoveries to 28,697.
The maximum 700 recovered in Ganjam followed by 202 in Khordha, 147 in Cuttack, 136 in Gajapati, 116 in Dhenkanal, 106 in Sundargarh , 62 in Sambalpur, 55 in Rayagada, 37 in Keonjhar, 34 in Angul and 24 in Kalahandi, 22 in Koraput, 20 in Jajpur, 19 in Bargarh, 17 in Baleswar, 15 each in Balangir and Mayurbhanj, 14 in Kendrapada, 13 in Bhadrak, 11 each in Deogarh and Nabarangpur, eight each in Jagatsinghpur and Jharsuguda, six in Puri, five in Boudh, four in Subarnapur and three in Malkangiri.