The State reported three Covid-19 deaths on Friday, with which its total toll mounted to 1,938. The deaths were reported from Balangir, Ganjam and Sambalpur districts, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.
Meanwhile, the positive cases in the State crossed the 3,000-mark on Friday with the reporting of 3,108 new cases in 30 districts and the State pool, the biggest single-day jump of 2021. With this, the total tally rose to 3,61,450.Of the new cases, 1,806 were from quarantine and 1,302 were local contacts. Notably, the State had registered over 3,000 cases around six months ago on October 8, 2020 when 3,144 people were infected.
Khordha district reported the day’s highest 534 cases followed by Sundargarh with 523 , Cuttack 163, Nabarangpur 156, Sambalpur 153, Baleswar 151, Nuapada 140, Bargarh 132, Balangir 133, Puri 114, Keonjhar 105, Mayurbhanj 71, Ganjam 55, Kalahandi 55, Bhadrak 53, Angul 44, Subarnapur 42, Rayagada 38, Jagatsinghpur 29, Koraput 23, Kendrapada 22, Deogarh 19, Gajapati 18, Dhenkanal 16, Nayagarh 15 and Kandhamal 10.The active cases in the State stood at 16,889 on Friday and the cumulative samples tested were 95,28,182. The positivity rate stood at 3.79 per cent.