State capital Bhubaneswar reported as many as 17 new coronavirus cases on Monday, increasing the total tally to 450 with 169 active ones.
Out of the new cases, 10 were local contacts, five quarantine cases and two Covid warriors. Among the infected were five women and a three-year-old toddler.
The local contact cases included a 40-year-old woman and a 30-year-old man of Dumduma Raghunath Nagar Basti with a travel history to a hotspot district, a 63-year-old-man of Patia village near Jagannath Mandir, a native of hotspot district, a 23-year-old man of BJB Nagar Panitanki Basti, a 40-year-old woman of Daspur in Andharua, a 28-year- old woman of Shatabdi Nagar Lane-1, a 32-year-old woman from another district, a 67-year-old man of Chakeisiani with a travel history to a hotspot district and a 22-year-old employee and a 28-year-old employee of a Central Government hospital.
The quarantine cases included a native Jayadev Vigar ESI Hospital Colony linked with an earlier positive case, a 65-year-old woman and a three-year-old boy of Patia near Big Bazaar, a 23-year-old woman of Chandrasekharpur, Pragati Vihar linked with an earlier case and a 32-year-old man of Unit-4 MLA Colony.
The two Covid warriors included a 25-year-old male employee and a 35-year-old male employee of a Covid Hospital.
However, four patients recovered from the disease and were discharged from hospitals.
Meanwhile, three positive cases were detected in the Cuttack Municipality Corporation (CMC) on the day. One was detected from a paid quarantine centre, one from home quarantine and the other was a local contact.
With the new cases, the total cases in Cuttack city rose to 193, of which 169 are active.