Total 126 persons more tested positive for Covid-19 in Bhubaneswar on Saturday. With this, the capital city’s total tally surged to 2,861.
Out of new cases, 77 were detected from quarantine centres and 49 were local contacts, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.
The quarantined cases included 10 of Unit-1 Tarini Basti linked with an earlier positive case; nine of Unit-9 Baibaba Basti linked with an earlier case; eight male police personnel who had come in contact with previous cases; six of Khandagiri Tapoban Basti linked with an earlier case; four of Badagada Brit Colony; three of Nayapally Nua Sahi; three of Aiginia linked with an earlier case; three of Baramunda linked with an earlier case; three of Old Town linked with an earlier case; two of Pokhariput linked with an earlier case.
The local contacts included four of Dumduma; three of Bharatputpur Durga Mandap locality; two of Niladri Vihar, both employees of a media house; two of Bomikhal Canal Road; two of Sahailashree Vihar; two of Jayadev Vihar; two of Salia Sahi; two of Chandrasekharpur HB Colony; a 38-year-old man of Pokhariput; a 49-year-old man of Pokhariput; a 27-year-old man of Baramunda; a 34-year-old airport staff of Bhimatangi; a 37-year-old man of Baramunda HB Colony; an employee of a private hospital; a 69-year-old woman of Old Town Shriram Nagar; a 33-year-old man of Satyanagar near Big Bazaar; a 49-year-old man of Unit-6; and a 26-year-old man of Sundarpada.
However, 133 more patients were cured in the city on the day. Cuttack reported 43 new cases on Saturday. With this, the city’s total tally surged to 949. While 27 new cases were from detected from home quarantines, 11 were local contacts and five from institutional quarantine, said the Cuttack Municipal Corporation.