105 local contact cases among 237 new Covid-19 positives reported in Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar: As many as 237 persons have been tested positive for Covid-19 in Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area of Odisha in last 24 hours, officials said on Thursday.
According to the BMC, as many as 132 quarantine cases have been detected among the fresh cases in the State Capital, while 105 positive cases are local contact case in the city.
“Further contact tracing is still continuing. Primary contacts & nearby houses are being quarantined, sanitised & will be under active surveillance,” BMC tweeted.
Update on newly detected & cured #COVID19 cases in the last 24 hrs under the BMC area on 13th Aug 2020(till 9am).
Further contact tracing is still continuing.
Primary contacts & nearby houses are being quarantined, sanitised & will be under active surveillance. pic.twitter.com/3SY8OGhq4A— BMC (@bmcbbsr) August 13, 2020
With the detection of new positive cases, the capital city has now 1551 active cases.