Bhubaneswar, Nov. 25 -- Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Wednesday recorded 730 fresh Covid-19 cases and 16 deaths. With this the positive tally in the State rose to 3,16,001, while fatalities due to the virus surged to 1,687, informed the State Health Department.

As per Information & Public Relations (I&PR) Department, of the fresh cases reported from 30 districts, 419 are from quarantine and the rest 311 were local transmission cases. Mayurbhanj reported the highest (68) fresh cases in the past 24 hours followed by Khordha (65), Sundargarh (57), Cuttack (49), Nuapada (46) and Keonjhar (40).

In terms of death, four persons each succumbed to the disease in Sundargarh. While three deaths were reported from Puri, two each deaths from Bhubaneswar in...