State capital Bhubaneswar reported as many as 311 new Covid-19 positive cases on Friday. With this, the city’s total positives’ tally mounted to 34,890. Out of the new cases, 66 were detected from quarantine while a whopping 245 were local contact cases.
Out of local contacts, 16 each were from Patia and Khandagiri, 13 from Nayapalli, 12 from Hanspal, 10 from Old Town, eight each from Unit-8 and Shailashree Vihar, seven each from Rasulgarh and Tankapani, six from Sundarpada and five each from Badagada, Damana and Laxmisagar.
Currently, number of active cases incity stood at 1,981 and total recoveries were 32,638.Chief Secretary Suresh Mahapatra directed BMC to hike testing of samples to 3,000 a day. The CS launched a toll-free number-1229 for information about Covid-19 testing and directed BMC to respond.