Bhubaneswar: Bhubaneswar city reported 74 fresh COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours taking the tally to 29,310, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) said Tuesday in a tweet.
Among the fresh cases detected, 16 were reported from quarantine centres while 58 had contracted the virus locally.
In a separate tweet the BMC said that 214 patients were discharged from COVID-19 hospitals Monday.
All the new patients have been shifted to COVID-19 hospitals while contact tracing is underway. Primary contacts of the infected persons and residents of nearby houses have been asked to undergo quarantine. The areas are also being sanitised, BMC said.
With the addition of the new patients, the number of active cases in this city went up to 1,163. A total of 27,958 patients have so far recovered from the disease. The city’s death toll stands at 168.
The 58 local contact cases were reported from the localities of Acharya Vihar, Bapuji Nagar, Unit-IX, Bhoi Nagar, Chandrasekharpur, Dumduma, IRC Village, Shastri Nagar and Jharpada.
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