As many as 13 students of a private educational institution at Bamphakuda here have tested positive for Covid-19. All of them are inmates of the boys hostel of the educational institution.
A total of 56 hostel boarders, who had undergone Rapid Antigen Test after they developed Covid-19 symptoms, underwent RT-PCR test on Thursday.
A team of the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) has initiated contact tracing of the infected students.
On the other hand, Odisha on the day reported as many as 31 new Covid-19 cases withe Cuttack district registering the highest 16 fresh infections followed by Khordha with 10.