The uptick in Covid-19 cases continued in the capital city Bhubaneswar with the highest single-day surge of 90 on Wednesday.
Of the new cases, 63 were reported from various quarantine centres while 27 were local contact, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.
With this, the total cases in Bhubaneswar surged to 859 with 462 active ones.
The quarantine cases included a 26 -year-old man of Rasulgarh,
Sabar Sahi, a 27-year-old man of Nayapalli, N-5, a 52-year-old man, a 28-year-old man and 22-year-old woman of Kolathia, Khandagiri Vihar, a 39-year-old man of Jharpada Jagannath Nagar, a 15-year-old boy of Unit-6 Ganganagar Palli, a 24-year-old male employee of a Central Government hospital, a 50-year-old man and a 16 year-old boy Chandrasekharpur BDA Colony, a 22-year-old woman of Khandagiri Bari , a 31-year-0ld man of Dumduma Madhusudan Samabay Nagar and a 40-year-olf man of Nayapalli, Behera Sahi,
A 22-year-old employee of a private hospital, a 38-year-old woman of Chakeisiani, a 48-year-old man of Pokhariput Lingaraj Vihar, a 24-year-old woman of Hanspala, a 58-year-old woman of Rasulgarh, a 25-year-old man of Nageswar Tangi Ravi Talkies Square, a 24-year-man of Nayapalli Sitapur Basti, a 49-year-man of Gandamunda, a 26-year-old employee of a private hospital and 62-year-old man of Mancheswar, Rangamatia also tested positive.
Besides, seven cases of Salia Sahi Krsuhna Nagar, nine cases of a Government quarantine centre, 10 cases near the Pahala police outpost and nine cases of two Government quarantine centres were also reported positive.
The local contact cases included a 27-year-old man of BJB Nagar, a 26-year-old man of Jagamara, a 50-year-old man of Ghatikia, a 62-year-old woman of laxmisagar, a 48-year-old man of Old Town, a 23-year-old man of Khandagiri, a 52-year-old man of Bharatpur, a 38-year-old man of Rasulgarh, a 31-year-old man of Chandrasekharpur, a 57-year-old man of Chandrasekharpur BDA Colony, a 40-year-old man of Biswera Basti, a 30-year-old woman of Nayapalli Gajapati Nagar Basti, a 27-year-old man of Unit-IV MLA Colony, a seven-year-old girl of Gandamunda and two women of Baramunda Jagannath Nagar.
However, 24 patients recovered from the disease in the city.
In Cuttack city, four more persons tested positive, taking the total tally to 295 with 154 active cases.
The new cases included two institutional quarantine cases from the isolation ward of SCB Medical College Hospital, a home quarantine case and a local contact case.