In a rapid swell in coronavirus cases, the State capital city reported as many as 24 new cases out of the 26 registered in Khordha district on Friday.
Of the 24 new cases, 20 were reported from quarantine centres and the remaining four were local contacts, said the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). Among the positive cases detected on the day, six are women.
The quarantine cases included a 28-year-old man of Airport Colony linked with an earlier contact having travel history to New Delhi, a 37-year-old man of Kolathia linked with an earlier case with travel history to Delhi, two cases of a 38-year-old man and a 40-year-old man of Salia Sahi, two cases of an 18-year-old boy and a 42-year-old man, natives of other districts, with travel history to Visakhapatnam.
Besides, a 38-year-old man with travel history to another district, a 28-year-old woman of Sailashree Vihar Phase -7 linked with an earlier positive case, a 40-year-old woman of Baramunda HB Colony with link to an earlier positive case, nine cases of Mancheswar linked with an earlier positive case and a 28-year-old man of Nayapalli and a 20-year-old railway staff with travel history to Delhi were also detected positive.
The home quarantine cases included a 34-year-old woman and a 29-year-old woman and a 27-year-old woman, all staffs of a private hospital and a 38-year-old woman of the Khandagiri area.
With the new cases, the total cases rose to 369 with 148 active ones.
However, 15 patients recovered in the city on the day, taking the total recoveries to 216.
Meanwhile, Cuttack city reported as many as 59 new cases on the day, increasing the total tally to 105.
Out of the new cases, 56 were detected from institutional quarantine, one from home quarantine and two are local contact cases.
The new cases included 53 patients and attendants of the Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Center (AHRCC) two Covid warriors of the SCB Medical College Hospital and a Covid warrior of the AHRCC.