Bhubaneswar Reports 342 New COVID19 Cases; 321 Recoveries  

Bhubaneswar: As many as 342 new COVID19 cases were reported from the capital city in the last 24 hours taking the total tally of the city to 21,197.

According to the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), two COVID19 patients also died in last 24 hours taking the death toll in the city to 88.

As per the data shared by the BMC, of the new cases, 111 are quarantine cases, while 231 are local contact cases. Moreover, BMC also reported 321 recoveries in the last 24 hours.

Update on newly detected #COVID19 cases in the last
24 hrs under the BMC area on 28th Sep 2020(till 9am).

Further contact tracing is still continuing.
Primary contacts & nearby houses are being quarantined, sanitized & will be under active surveillance. pic.twitter.com/zxZZHlCiVe

— BMC (@bmcbbsr) September 28, 2020

According to State data reported by the I&PR Department, last 24 hour saw 3,235 new Covid-19 cases taking the total tally of the State to 2,12,609.

As per the information shared by the I&PR department, maximum 506 cases were reported from Khordha district followed by 318 new cases in Cuttack district.

(Edited By Bikram Keshari Jena)

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