The total toll due to coronavirus infection surged to 1,928 in the State with the death of two patients in Nuapada district on Monday, the Health and Family Welfare Department said. Meanwhile, 1,741 more persons tested positive for the virus on the day in 30 districts and the State pool, with which the total positives’ tally in the State surged to 3,51,302.Out of the new cases, 1031 were from quarantine and 762 local contacts. This was the fourth consecutive day the State recorded more than 1,000 new cases while this was the biggest single-day spike of cases reported in 2021.The State had last posted 1,700-plus cases on October 23, 2020 when 1,793 people had tested positive.
Sundargarh district reported the day’s highest 268 cases followed by Khordha with 204, Baleswar 158, Sambalpur 121 and Kalahandi 114, Bargarh 97, Nuapada 96, Balangir 93, Nabarangpur 80, Cuttack 58, Puri 54, Keonjhar 53, Jharsuguda 43 and Angul 43.
Besides, 46 cases were reported from State pool. Currently, the active cases stood at 9,259 while cumulative samples tested were 94,00,456, including 30,097 on Sunday.However, 538 patients recovered on day, taking total recoveries to 34,0600 in State.