Bhubaneswar on Wednesday registered 137 more Covid-19 positive cases, taking the capital city’s total tally to 2,502.
Out of the new cases, 98 were from quarantine centres and 39 were local contacts, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.
The quarantine cases included seven cases of Satya Nagar linked with an earlier positive case; six cases, all employees of a private hospital; five of Kalpana Square linked with an earlier case; five of Bomikhal Jaydurga Nagar linked with an earlier case; four of Saheed Nagar linked with an earlier case; three of Patrapada Krishna Vihar linked with an earlier case; three of Aiginia Alu Gadi linked with an earlier case; three of Uni-4 MLA Colony Basti; three of Naharkanta; three of Badagada Jharana Sahi; and three of Bhimpur linked with an earlier case.
The local contacts included a 87-year-old man of Old Town Tarasundari road; a 57-year-old man of Old Town Banadurga Nagar; a 42-year-old man of Badagada; four cases, all men, of Shastri Nagar; two cases, both men, of IRC Village; two of Badagada Brit Colony; three of Kalinga Nagar K-5 with travel history to a hotspot district; two of Laxmi Nagar near Sainik School; and a 27-year-old employee of a medicine store at Bapuji Nagar.
However, as many as 75 patients recovered in the capital city on the day.
In Cuttack, 56 positive cases were detected on Wednesday. With this, the city’ tally surged to 833.
Of the 56 fresh cases, 47 were from home quarantine, seven institutional quarantine and two local contacts. Nine were children.
Besides, a corona warrior from Badambadi with recent travel history to Srinagar and two from the SCB Medical College Hospital were among the infected.