Cuttack: Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) Tuesday said that 91 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in past 24 hours.
While six of them were reported from institutional quarantine centres, 73 were from home quarantine case and the remaining 12 were local contact ones.
#COVID19 update in Cuttack city (CMC area)
Out of the 121 new COVID-19 +ve cases reported today in #Cuttack district, 91 +ve cases belong to Cuttack city (CMC area).
Another 12 recoveries have been reported recently! KUDOS to the efforts of all doctors & healthcare staff. pic.twitter.com/reKGoIqO4P
— CMC,Cuttack (@CMCCuttack) August 4, 2020
“Active surveillance, contact tracing, and sanitization of the concerned areas are underway,” CMC said.
According to a notification issued by the civic body, as of Tuesday morning, 1,182 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Cuttack out of which 592 have recovered. There are 580 active cases and 10 persons have succumbed to the disease.
Meanwhile, Odisha’s COVID-19 death toll mounted to 216 as nine more patients succumbed to the infection, while 1,384 new cases pushed its tally to 37,681 Tuesday. As many as 889 new cases were reported from quarantine centres, while 495 people tested positive for the infection during contact tracing.