Bhubaneswar, Nov. 27 -- Bhubaneswar: With the detection of 594 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the coronavirus infection tally in the State has risen to 3,17,239, informed the data of State Information and Public Relations (I&PR) Department on Friday. Fourteen more fatalities during the period have pushed the death toll in Odisha to 1,718.

Four deaths each were reported from Sundargarh and Angul district while two persons succumbed in Balasore and Khordha (Bhubaneswar), respectively. Nayagarh and Puri reported one death each, the State Health & Family Welfare (H &FW) Department said.

Of the fresh cases reported from 29 districts, 343 are from quarantine centres and the rest 251 were local transmission cases. Khordha reported th...