Bhubaneswar: As many as 342 persons have tested positive for Covid-19 in Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area in Odisha in the last 24 hours, officials said on Saturday.
Of the fresh 342 positive cases in the State Capital, as many as 104 cases have been reported from quarantine centres, while 238 have been detected local contact cases, according to the BMC.
The civic body also said that as many as 421 more Covid-19 patients have recovered in the city.
With this, the total number of positive cases in the city have increased to 18,267, out of which 4,133 are active cases.
“Further contact tracing is still continuing. Primary contacts & nearby houses are being quarantined, sanitized & will be under active surveillance,”the BMC tweeted.
Update on newly detected & cured #COVID19 cases in the last 24 hrs under the BMC area on 19th Sep 2020(till 9am).
Further contact tracing is still continuing.
Primary contacts & nearby houses are being quarantined, sanitized & will be under active surveillance. pic.twitter.com/HSnXSxAyxL— BMC (@bmcbbsr) September 19, 2020