Bhubaneswar, April 9 -- Bhubaneswar: The Covid-19 tally in Odisha jumped to 3,46,808 on Friday when 1,282 more people tested positive for the infection, the highest single-day rise this year, while the death toll rose to 1924 with the death of one patient in the last 24 hours in the State, informed the Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) Department.

The State had last posted over 1200 cases on November 11, 2020 when 1220 people had tested positive for the virus, 703 from quarantine and 517 local contacts.

Of the new cases detected from 28 districts of the State on Monday, 755 were reported from quarantine centres while the rest 527 were local transmission cases, said a data released by the Information and Public Relations Department (I&PR)...