The surge in the Covid-19 cases continued with the State reporting 4,208 new positives from all 30 districts on Friday, taking the total positive count to 2, 01,096.Of the fresh cases, 2,462 patients are in quarantine, while 1,746 are local contact cases.
Khordha district again reported single-day highest725 cases followed by Cuttack 465, Jajpur 237, Puri 199, Angul 194, Jagatsinghpur 181, Nuapada 175, Mayurbhanj 154, Nabarangpur and Sambalpur 131 each, Baleswar 118, Kalahandi 116, Bargarh 114, Kendrapada 110, Kandhamal 102, Keonjhar 82, Jharsuguda 81, Sundargarh 80, Balangir 76, Koraput 72, Dhenkanal 68, Ganjam 63, Malkangiri and Rayagada 61 each, Nayagarh 52, Bhadrak 48, Boudh 29, Subarnapur 26, Deogarh 20 and Gajapati 13.Besides, 169 positives were detected from the State pool. Meanwhile, the death toll mounted to 767 in the State as 15 more patients succumbed to the virus on during the day. Four patients succumbed to the disease in Bhubaneswar while three deaths were reported in Puri district, two in Mayurbhanj and one each in Cuttack, Angul, Balangir, Kandhamal, Kendrapada, and Rayagada districts.
The deceased in Bhubaneswar were a 70-year-old man, 76-year-old man, a 60-year-old man and a 63-year-old man.The deaths in Puri were of a 60-year-old woman, a 84-year-old man and a 60-year-old man. The fatalities in Mayurbhanj were a 45-year-old woman and a 59-year-old man.
The other deceased were a 72-year-old woman in Cuttack, a 60-year-old man of Angul, a 67-year-old man of Balangir, a 50-year-old man of Kandhamal , a 81-year-old man of Kendrapada and 56-year-old woman of Rayagada.
However, the State recorded the highest single-day recovery of 4,388 patients on the day, taking the total recoveries to 1,65,432.