The State’s number of Covid-19 cases continued to fall for the third day in a row on Sunday when 753 persons tested positive in all 30 districts and the State pool, pushing the total to 3,08,659 so far. Of the new cases, 434 were detected from quarantine centres and 319 were local contacts.Sundargarh district recorded the highest 75 cases followed by 74 in Khordha, 65 in Nuapada, 47 cases each in Kalahandi and Angul, 41 each in Balangir and Cuttack, Puri 34, Baleswar 32, Bargarh 31, Keonjhar 27, Jagatsinghpur, Jharsuguda and Kendrapada 26 each, Mayurbhanj 25, Sambalpur 20, Bhadrak 17, Boudh and Koraput 12 each, Dhenkanal and Ganjam 11 each, Kandhamal 10, Subarnapur seven, Jajpur and Nayagarh six each, Rayagada five, Deogarh and Gajapati three each, Malkangiri two and Nabarangpur one.
Besides, 10 cases were detected from the State pool. Meanwhile, 17 more patients succumbed to the disease on the day, increasing the State’s death toll to 1,527, said the Health and Family Welfare Department.
Four each died in Sundargarh and Khordha districts while three died in Bargarh and Sambalpur. Besides, Boudh, Dhenkanal and Kalahandi recorded one death each. The deceased in Khordha were a 63-year-old man, a 102 year-old woman, a 73-year-old man and a 60-year-old man (all of Bhubaneswar). The deaths in Sundargarh were of a 55-year-old man, a 28-year-old woman , a 36-year-old woman and a 79-year-old man.
The causalities in Bargarh were a 33-year-old man, a 58-year-old woman and a 64-year-old man. The deaths in Sambalpur were of a 53-year-old woman, a 63-year-old man and a 58-year-old man.
The other deceased were a 12-year-old girl of Boudh, a 50-year-old man of Dhenkanal and a 60-year-old man of Kalahandi.
However, 1,346 patients recovered on the day, taking the State’s total recoveries to 297, 862.On Saturday, the State had recorded 902 positive cases in all 30 districts and the State pool, taking the tally to 3,07,906.
As many as 12 persons had died on the day, pushing the total toll to 1,510.