The State had reported 296 cases yesterday.
Of the new cases, 223 were detected from among the quarantined persons, while the rest 164 were found as local contacts.
Among districts, Khurda recorded the highest 195 cases, followed by Cuttack 33, Sambalpur 18, Puri 12, Jagatsinghpur and Jajpur 10 each, Balasore nine, Gajapati 7, Deogarh, Kendrapada, Nayagarh and Sundargarh 6 each, Dhenkanal 5, Keonjhar 4, Ganjam 3, Angul, Balangir, Bargarh and Mayurbhanj 2 each and Bhadrak, Jharsuguda, Kandhamal, Nawarangpur, Rayagada and Sonepur 1 each.
Besides, 43 cases were detected from the State Pool.
During the period, 461 patients recovered from the Covid, taking the State’s total recoveries to 10,33,027.
The number of active cases declined to 2,980.
