As many as 395 new Covid-19 positive cases were detected under the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area on Sunday, taking the city’s total cases to 16,240 so far.
Of the new cases, 116 were from quarantine centres, all being linked with earlier positive cases. Besides, 279 were local contacts.
However, 604 infected persons o recovered from the disease taking the total recoveries to 11,430 in the city. Further contact tracing was still continuing. Primary contacts and nearby houses were being quarantined, sanitised and would be under active surveillance.