Odisha's COVID-19 tally has surged to 3,53,086 as 1,784 more people tested positive for the infection on Tuesday. Two fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 1,930, an official report from Bhuvneshwar said.

In all, Odisha now has 10,503 active cases, while 3,40,600 people have recovered from the disease so far.

The state has thus far tested over 94.28 lakh samples for COVID-19, including 28,013 on Monday.

“As many as 1,035 new cases were reported in quarantine centres, while 749 fresh infections were detected during contact tracing”, the report claimed.

Chhattisgarh-bordering Odisha’s Nuapada district reported the highest number of new cases at 303, followed by Sundergarh (241) and Khurda (201), it is learnt. 

Bhadrak and Bolangir districts reported one fresh fatality each.Fifty-three coronavirus patients have died due to co- morbidities to date.

Odisha now has 10,503 active cases, while 3,40,600 people have recovered from the disease so far.

The state has thus far tested over 94.28 lakh samples for COVID-19, including 28,013 on Monday, he added.