Bhubaneswar, May 15 -- Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Saturday witnessed a concerning figure in the single-day covid cases with 11, 805 more people testing positive for the contagious disease in last 24 hours taking the cumulative virus infection count to 6,00,492.

Similarly, State's overall fatalities went up to 2294 with 21 more patients succumbing to the deadly virus in last 24 hours.

Khordha district reported maximum four deaths followed by Angul which saw three fatalities in last 24 hours. Similarly, two deaths have been reported each from Kalahandi, Kendrapara, Puri, Rayagada and Sundergarh districts.

One patient succumbed to the virus each in Boudh, Gajapati, Koraput and Nupapada districts.

Of the new positive cases, 6,611 have been de...