Capital city Bhubaneswar on Wednesday recorded 137 new Covid-19 positive cases, taking its total tally to 3,354.
Out of the new cases, 133 were from quarantine and 24 were local contacts, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.
The quarantine cases included ten from Salia Sahi linked with an earlier positive case; nine of Bhimpur linked with an earlier; eight of Ganganagar linked with an earlier case; seven of OCC Basti linked with an earlier case; six of Badagada linked with an earlier case; five of Chandrasekharpur BDA Colony; five of Unit-9 linked with an earlier case; four, all employees of a private hospital; four of Ganganagar near OUAT; three of Ashok Nagar linked with an earlier case: two of Bomikhal; two of Dumduma; two of Lumbini Vihar; two of Jayadev Vihar: two of Jharpada and one of Pokhariput.
The local contacts included two cases of IRC Village, two of Samantrapur Laxmi Mandap, two of Baramunda, a 35-year-man of Nayapalli near Krishna Tower, a 65-year-old woman of Chintamaneswar, a 51-year-old man of Tankapani Road, a 78-year-old man of Bomikhal, two cases of Samantrapur and a 77-year-old man of Jharpada.
However, 118 patients recovered on the day, taking the total recoveries to 2,061 in the city.
On the day, Cuttack registered as many as 143 new positive cases, taking the city’s total tally to 1,325. While 112 cases were from the Malgodown Behera Sahi containment zone, 12 were home quarantine, seven intuitional quarantine and 12 local contacts.
However, 69 patients recovered from the disease, taking the total recoveries to 661 in the city.