As many as 101 new Covid positive cases were detected under the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) jurisdiction on Friday, pushing the total tally to 3,573.
Of the new cases, 52 were from quarantine and 49 local contact cases, the BMC said.
The quarantine cases included five of Salia Sahi linked with an earlier positive case; three of Patia linked with an earlier case; three of Dumduma; two of Unit-6 Tala Basti; two, both police staffs, linked with an earlier case; two of Samntrapur linked with an earlier case; two Health Department employees linked with an earlier case; two women employees of a Central Government hospital; a woman employee of a private hospital; a 34-year-old man of Kharavel Nagar with travel history to Bangalore; and an employee of a Government hospital.
The local contacts included two cases of Badagada Nageshwar Colony, two of Badagada Brit Colony, two of Unit-1, two of Baramunda, two of Old Town, one of Bhimatangi, one of Dumduma, one of CRPF campus, one of Ganganagar and one of OUAT Colony.
However, another 106 patients recovered from the disease in the city on the day, taking the total recoveries to 2,257.
In Cuttack, 81 new positive cases were detected on Friday, taking the city’s total tally to 1,470.
Of the new cases, 38 were from the Malgodown Behera Sahi containment zone, five from institutional quarantine, 26 from home quarantine and 12 local contacts, the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) said.