Cuttack: Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) Friday said that 81 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in past 24 hours.
While 38 of them were reported from containment zones, 26 were home quarantine cases. Five of them were from institutional quarantine centres and the remaining 12 were local contact ones.
“Active surveillance, contact tracing, and sanitization of the concerned areas are underway,” CMC said.
#COVID19 update in Cuttack city (CMC area)
Out of the 124 new COVID-19 +ve cases reported today in #Cuttack district, 81+ve cases belong to Cuttack city (CMC area).
Another 22 recoveries have been reported recently! KUDOS to the efforts of all doctors & healthcare staff. pic.twitter.com/aZPMIV8Xl2
— CMC,Cuttack (@CMCCuttack) August 7, 2020
According to a notification issued by the civic body, as of Friday, 1,470 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Cuttack out of which 693 have recovered. There are 767 active cases and 10 persons have succumbed to the disease.
Meanwhile, Odisha’s COVID-19 caseload touched 42,550 with the detection of 1,833 new cases, while 12 more fatalities pushed its coronavirus death toll to 247. As many as 1,118 new cases were reported from quarantine centres, while 715 people tested positive for the infection during contact tracing.
The state Thursday tested 16,055 samples for COVID-19, taking the total number of tests conducted so far to 6,16,646.