Bhubaneswar, Jan. 7 -- Bhubaneswar: After reporting zero death on Wednesday, Odisha today recorded a single fatality due to Covid-19 infection while 230 persons were tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours, said the state health department in its latest update.

The Covid-19 death toll in the State meanwhile has risen to 1,888 and the positive tally reached 3,31,151, as per the data released by the health department.

The deceased has been identified as a 70-year-old male Covid positive patient of Khordha district. He was suffering from Chronic Liver Disease with Pulmonary Hypertension & Chronic Kidney Disease.

Of the fresh Corona cases, 134 are from different quarantine centres while the rest 96 are cases related to local tra...