Bhubaneswar: The daily count of new Covid-19 cases reported from the city registered a 56% spike over yesterday.
The city in the last 24 hours reported 142 new Covid-19 cases against 91 on Monday according to the information shared by the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC).
Nearly, 87% of new Covid-19 cases reported from the city in the last 24 hours are local contact cases.
According to the BMC 123 out of the 142 new cases of Covid-19 reported from the city are local contact cases.
The remaining 19 cases are quarantine cases.
A higher number of local contact cases is a worrisome factor as the infectee contracted the virus at the community level where tracing of contacts is not feasible unlike in quarantine cases.
The city has 796 active cases of Covid-19 and the cumulative total of Covid cases in the city is 124113.
A total of 99 persons have recovered from Covid-19 in the city during the last 24 hours.
With no new fatality reported or confirmed from the city the cumulative total of fatalities due to Covid at 1100.
Here’s the detailed list of new Covid cases detected from the city.
