Bhubaneswar, Sept. 28 -- While Monsson Session of the Odisha Legislative Assembly is set to begin tomorrow, total 42 MLAs have so far contracted COVID-19 with one more legislator testing positive for the virus today.

Swab sample of MLA Umakanta Samantaray of Satyabadi in Puri district has come out positive today. The legislator took to Twitter to inform this and urged everyone, who have come in contact with him in the last couple of days, to isolate themselves.

Besides, MLA Sanatana Bijuli of Badasahi in Mayurbhanj district was admitted to AIIMS Bhubaneswar today for the treatment of the disease.

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