The Covid-19 tally crossed the 11,000-mark in capital city Bhubaneswar surging to 11,273 with a record number of 541 new positive cases on Wednesday.
Once again, the local contacts outnumbered the quarantine cases in the city.
Of the new cases, 321 were local contacts and 220 cases were reported from quarantine centres, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.
The local contacts included 11 bank staffs, 11 cases of Bhimpur Kela Basti, 11 of Patia, 10 of Shailashree Vihar, seven of Chintamaneswar, seven of Nayapalli Nuasahi, six of Sundarpada, five of VSS Nagar, five of Niladri Vihar, four of Chakeisiani, four of Satyanagar, four of Salia Sahi, four of Old Town, four of Bhimatangi, four of Bhimatangi HB Colony, four of Nayapalli and four of IRC Village.
The quarantine cases included 23 staffs of a private hospital, 16 police staffs, nine cases of Utkal University campus, nine of Unit-6, seven of Niladri Vihar Panda Nagar, six of Jharpada Mahaveer Nagar, six of Niladri Vihar, five of Unit-8, four of Salia Sahi, three of Naharkanta and three of Unit-9.
However, 541 patients recovered in the city from the disease, taking the total recoveries to 6,935.
In Cuttack city, 210 more positive cases were detected on the day, pushing the total to 5,332 so far. Of the new cases, 75 were from home quarantine, 63 from institutional quarantine and 72 local contact cases.