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IIT Bhubaneswar: 10 students test Covid-19 positive, arrival for next batch postponed
Odisha Covid updateMeanwhile, Odisha's Covid-19 tally mounted to 3,40,194 on Sunday as 290 more people, including 10 students of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), tested positive for the infection.Of the new cases, 171 were reported from quarantine centres and 119 detected during contact tracing.The coastal state recorded over 200 fresh cases for four consecutive days, starting from March 25.It had reported 210 new cases on Saturday, while 234 more people were diagnosed with the disease on Friday and 214 on Thursday.Khurda district, of which state capital Bhubaneswar is a part, reported the highest number of new cases at 71, followed by Nuapada (94) and Jharsuguda (21)."Samples of 40 students of IIT, Bhubaneswar were tested through