As many as 52 more Covid-19 positive cases were detected in capital Bhubaneswar on Sunday, increasing the city’s total count to 1,182 with 646 active cases.
Of the new cases, 34 were detected from quarantine centres and 18 were local contacts, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.
The quarantined cases included a 70-year-old man of IRC Village, N-3, a 27-year-old woman service provider at a private hospital, a 23-year-old woman of Niladri Vihar Isaneswar Basti, a 25-year-old man of Nuagaon, a 56-year-old male employee of a private hospital, a 82-year-old man of IRC Village N-6, a 32-year-old man of Sailashree Vihar, a 19-year-old youth of Unit-1 Akhandalamani Basti, a 52-year-old man of Mancheswar, a 58-year-old man of Bhimtangi near Bhimeswar temple, a 49-year-old man of Niladri Vihar Sector-2, a 27-year-old woman employee of a private hospital, a 25-year-old man of Salia Sahi, a 35-year-old man of Mancheswar, a railway staff with a travel history of Delhi, a 36-year-old woman and a 14 year-old girl of Nayapalli, Gandhi Basti, a 51-year-old man of Jharpada Bairagi Nagar, 22-year-old, 45-year-old, 34 year-old, 20-year-old, 28-year-old and 37-year-old males, all employees of a private hospital, a 54-year-old man of Ravi Talkies area and a 49-year-old man of Tankapani Road near Brahmeswar temple.
The local contact cases included a 32-year-old woman of Nayapalli Britt Colony, a 32-yer-old woman of Rasulgarh GGP Colony, a 45-year-old man of Ashok Nagar, a 30-year-old man of Haladipada Basti, a 69-year-old man of Unit-8 Delta Square, a 52-year-old woman of Jagamara near Manapurram Finance, a 47-year- old woman of Ghatikia, a 24-year-old woman, a student of a private hospital, a 24-year-old woman of IRC Village N-5, a 59-year-old man, a 27-year-old man and a 53-year-old woman of Chandrasekharpur Gayatri Vihar, a 25-year-old man of Ravi Talkies area, a 45-year-old man of Badagada Britt Colony, a 45-year-old man of Sailashree Vihar Bajaranga Nagar, a 50-year-old man of Samantarapur near Post Office and a 25-year-old woman of Chintamaniswar Lane-8.
However, 29 patients recovered from the disease on Sunday in the city, taking the total number of recoveries to 523.
In Cuttack city, 16 new positive cases were reported, following which the city’s total cases reached 350. Out of the new cases, 14 were detected in home quarantine and two were local contact cases.
With this, the number of active cases in the city rose to 143 while 200 persons have recovered so far.