Bhubaneswar, Oct 09 (UNI) Covid deaths in Odisha shot up to 991 with the fresh death of 17 people in the past 24 hours while Covid tally rose to 2,46,839 with the detection of 2697 new cases from all the 30 districts.
Health and Family Welfare department sources said in the past 24 hours, four Covid patients died in Khordha district followed by 3 in Balasore, two each in Mayurbhanj and Puri and one each in six other districts raising the toll in the state to 991.
Sources said of the 2697 new cases reported during the past 24 hours,1576 were from the quarantine centres and the rest 1121 are local contact cases.