Continuing the declining trend, State capital city Bhubaneswar on Friday registered 54 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total positive tally to 30,019, including 739 active cases.
Of the new cases, 37 eere local contacts and 17 quarantine cases. Meanwhile, two more persons succumbed to the disease on the day, pushing the city’s total toll to 189.
However, 72 persons recovered on the day, taking the city’s total recoveries to 29,074.
In Cuttack, 39 more persons were infected on the day, taking the city’s total positive tally to 15,463, including 717 active cases. Of the new cases, 27 were local contacts and eight institutional and four home quarantine cases.