More 736 fresh cases in Odisha, COVID-19 count crosses 17,000-mark

Odisha's COVID-19 caseload crossed the 17,000-mark on Sunday with 736 more people testing positive for the infection, while five fresh fatalities pushed the death toll due to the disease in the state to 91, a health official



said.

The fresh cases reported from 25 districts have taken the state's COVID-19 tally to 17,437, he added. Of the 736 new cases, 481 were reported from quarantine centres, while the remaining 255 are contacts of COVID-19 patients, the official said.