A so-far record number of 580 new Covid-19 positive cases were detected under the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area on Thursday.
With this, the city’s total positive cases rose to 11,853, out of which 4,545 were active cases.
Of the new cases, 221 were from quarantine, out of which 219 are linked with earlier positive cases and two others have travel history to Raipur and Jharkhand, respectively. Besides, 359 were local contact cases.
However, 316 persons also recovered from the disease on the day, taking the city’s total recoveries to 7,251.
In Cuttack, 237 more positive cases were reported on the day, taking the city’s total tally to 5,569. Out of the new cases, 54 were from institutional quarantine, 81 were from home quarantine and 102 were local contacts.
However, another 427 persons in the city recovered from the infection, taking the total recoveries to 3,710.