Out of 15 new Covid-19 cases reported in Khordha district on Sunday, six were detected in Bhubaneswar. Of them, three were detected from home quarantines and three were local contacts, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.
The home quarantined cases included a 24-year-old man of Dumduma Phase I with travel history to Bengaluru, a 41-year-old man of IRC Village in Nayapally with a travel history to Kolkata and a 38-year-old man of Bapuji Nagar with travel history to Kolkata.
The local contact cases included a 24-year-old woman employee of a private hospital linked with an earlier positive case, a 55-year-old man of Tankapani Road, who travelled here from another district and a 36-year-old man of Forest Park.
With the detection of the new cases, the total in the State capital rose to 292 with 122 active ones.
Meanwhile, another 19 patients recovered from the infection on the day, taking the total recoveries to 165 in the city.