Though State on Tuesday registered a decline in Covid-19 positive cases, the casualties continued to surge with as many as 51 people succumbing to disease. The total death toll rose to 4,299. Khordha district reported highest nine deaths followed by five each in Bargarh, Mayurbhanj and Dhenkanal, three each in Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Sundergarh and Jajpur, two each in Bhadrak, Deogarh, Ganjam and Nayagarh and one each in Kandhamal, Kendrapada, Keonjhar and Nabarangpur.Meanwhile, 2,487 new positive cases in 30 districts and State pool pushed total tally to 9,27,186. A total of 63,184 samples had been tested in last 24 hours and test positivity rate (TPR) was 3.93 per cent. Out of new cases, 1,428 were reported from quarantine and 1,059 were local contacts. Cuttack district recorded maximum 422 positives followed by Khordha with 407, Jajpur 202, Baleswar 157, Puri 154, Jagatsinghpur 126, Bhadrak 113 and Mayurbhanj 103.The districts which reported below-100 cases were Kendrapada 87, Nayagarh 80, Angul 79, Keonjhar 68, Dhenkanal 59, Malkangiri 54, Koraput 52, Sundargarh 28, Rayagada 26, Sambalpur 26, Kandhamal 23, Nabarangpur 23, Bargarh 22, Balangir 16, Ganjam and Subarnapur 14 each, Boudh and Jharsuguda 12 each, Gajapati 11, Deogarh nine, Kalahandi seven and Nuapada five. Besides, 76 cases were reported from the State pool. So far, 8,94,104 patients have recovered from the disease in the State.