Cuttack: Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) Saturday said that 11 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, three were home quarantine cases and the remaining two are local contact ones. Meanwhile, seven persons recovered from the disease in last 24 hours.
#COVID19 update in Cuttack city (CMC area)
Out of the 38 new COVID-19 +ve cases reported today in #Cuttack district, 11 +ve cases belong to Cuttack city (CMC area).
Another 7 recoveries have been reported recently. pic.twitter.com/qPn9IoXDtI
— CMC,Cuttack (@CMCCuttack) July 18, 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 Saturday morning, 334 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Cuttack out of which 188 have recovered. There are 139 active cases and seven persons have succumbed to the disease.
Meanwhile, Odisha’s COVID-19 tally rose to 16,701 with 591 fresh infections while the death toll reached 86 with three more patients succumbing to the disease.
The new 591 positive cases were reported from 25 districts. Of the fresh cases, 394 were detected in different quarantine centres and 197 during contact-tracing exercises, a Health Department official said.
