Bhubaneswar on Monday registered 404 new Covid-19 positive cases in 33 wards, taking the city’s total tally to 10,425, including 4,038 active cases.
Besides, two persons lost their lives due to the infection, But 273 persons recovered, taking the total recoveries to 6,344.
Notably, the city had reported the highest-single day spike of 515 cases on Sunday after registering 505 positives on Saturday.
Te city is expected to hit a peak of around 5,000 Covid active cases in September. said BMC Commissioner Prem Chandra Chaudhary on Monday.
“In last couple of days, around 300 cases were being reported from Bhubaneswar daily. But it registered over 1,000 new cases in the past two days, he said.
The BMC is conducting around 2,500-3,000 tests per day. It has found 10 wards severely-affected, he said.
In Cuttack, 147 new positive cases were detected on the day, taking the city’s total tally to 4,924.
Of the new cases, 34 were from institutional quarantine, 56 from home quarantine and 57 were local contact cases.
A total of 101 persons recovered from the disease in the , taking the total recoveries to 2,914