The State continued to witness a downtrend in daily Covid-19 positive cases on Thursday with 5,901 infections registered in the 30 districts and the State pool. The total tally stood at 12,31,169.

Among the newly-infected were 739 children in the age group of 0 to 8 years.

In the last 24 hours, 63,209 samples were tested and the test positivity rate (TPR) was 9.33 per cent.

The active cases reached 70,327.

Out of the new cases, 3,413 were reported from quarantine and 2,478 local contacts.

Khordha district reported the maximum 1,430 cases followed by Sundargarh with 545, Cuttack 402, Baleswar 200, Jajpur 191, Nuapada 189, Balangir 184, Nayagarh 180, Kalahandi 168, Mayurnbhanj 149, Kendrapada 144, Sambalpur 138, Kenjhar 128, Puri 117, Nabarangpur 113, Bargarh 102, Rayagada 101, Bhadrak 96, Ganjam 95, Angul 93, Deogarh 89, Kandhamal 86, Subarnapur 86, Jagatsinghpur 82, Boudh 78, Dhenkanal 73, Gajapati 69, Koraput 64, Jharsuguda 63, Malkangiri 55 and the State pool 291.

Eight more persons succumbed to the disease, mounting the total death toll to 8,550.

Three deaths were reported from Sundargarh district and one each from Baleswar, Khordha, Keonjhar, Koraput and Rayagada.

However, 11,147 more patients recovered, increasing the total recoveries to 11,63,396.

Notably on Wednesday, the State had reported 7,426 positive cases and 10 deaths.

Capital Bhubaneswar registered 1,065 positive cases, with which the total tally in the city rose to 14,8020. The active cases were 11,298.

One more patient died, increasing the total toll to 1,115.

The city had registered 1,208 cases and three deaths on Wednesday.