Cuttack: Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) Thursday said that 11 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in past 24 hours.
Among them, four are home quarantined cases, four are institutional quarantine cases and the rest three have contracted the virus locally, CMC said on Twitter.
#COVID19 update in Cuttack city (CMC area)
Out of the 14 new COVID-19 positive cases reported today in #Cuttack district, 11 +ve cases belong to Cuttack city (CMC area).
Active surveillance, contact tracing, and sanitization of the concerned areas are underway. pic.twitter.com/GDomeHr9sd
— CMC,Cuttack (@CMCCuttack) July 9, 2020
With this fresh addition, the total number of cases in CMC area has increased to 213. Of them, 179 patients are currently undergoing treatment at COVID-19 hospitals and 32 have so far been discharged from hospitals after recovering from the disease. The city’s COVID toll stands at two.
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