The spurt in Covid-19 cases continued in Bhubaneswar with 159 new positive cases reported on Monday. With this, the capital city’s total positive cases surged to 2,120.
Out of fresh cases, 118 were detected from quarantine centres and 41 were local contacts, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.
The quarantined cases included as many 44 cases, all women, of Nayapalli Trinath Basti linked with an earlier positive case; 20 cases, all men, of Aiginia Alu Gadi linked with an earlier case; 13 of Unit-3 near AOB linked with an earlier case; five cases, two women and three men, of Saheed Nagar linked with an earlier case; four cases, three women and a man, of Palasuni Prachi Vihar linked with an earlier case; two women of Police Academy near AIIMS linked with an earlier case; two Chakeisiani linked with an earlier case; and two women employees of a private hospital.
The local contacts included seven cases of Salia Sahi Adivasi Gaon; three of Ganganagar near OUAT Hostel; three cases, all women, of Jayadev Vihar Vajpayee Nagar; three cases, all men, of Shailashree Vihar; two cases of Siripur Radhakrushna Lane; a 38-year-old woman of VSS Nagar; a 44-year-old man of Kalinga Nagar 1K-8; and a 45-year-old man of Jagamara.
However, a record number of 102 recoveries were registered in the city on the day.
In Cuttack, 65 new positive cases were reported on the day, taking the city’s total count to 736.
Out of these cases, 50 were home quarantine, seven from institutional quarantine and six local contacts. The remaining two were paid quarantine cases.
For the first time, a huge number of 28 positive cases linked with an earlier case were reported from a containment zone in the city’s Khatbin Sahi. Eight more persons from Sheikh Bazaar linked with an earlier positive case also tested positive in the city.