Cuttack: As many as 198 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) limits in last 24 hours, CMC said Tuesday.
While 57 of them were home quarantine cases, 67 were from institutional quarantine centres and the remaining 74 were local contact ones.
#COVID19 update in Cuttack city (CMC area)
Out of the 312 new COVID19 +ve cases reported today in #Cuttack district, 198 +ve cases belong to Cuttack city (CMC area).
Another 318 recoveries (31st August data) have been reported recently! KUDOS to all doctors & healthcare staff. pic.twitter.com/ud7f1Jve77
— CMC,Cuttack (@CMCCuttack) September 1, 2020
According to a notification issued by the civic body, as of Tuesday, 5,122 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Cuttack out of which 3,232 have recovered. There are 1,863 active cases and 27 persons have succumbed to the disease.
Meanwhile, Odisha’s COVID-19 caseload touched 1,06,561 with the detection of 3,025 new cases, while 11 more fatalities pushed its coronavirus death toll to 503. As many as 1,844 new cases were reported from quarantine centres, while 1,181 people tested positive for the infection during contact tracing.
The state Monday tested 50,421 samples for COVID-19, taking the total number of tests conducted so far to 18,39,854.
