Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases as 1741 new infections were detected in the state during the last 24 hours, official sources said today.
Out of the 1741 fresh cases, 1015 were detected in quarantine while 726 are local contact cases.
Sundargarh reported the highest number of cases as 268 more persons in the district contracted the virus.
With this, the COVID-19 tally in Odisha mounted to 351302 with 9259 active cases.