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32 persons in Cuttack city (CMC area) tested positive for COVID-19

Cuttack:21/7/20: As many as 32 persons  in Cuttack city (CMC area) tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours taking  the total count to 398 . Today, the entire district reported 84 new positive cases.

The 32 fresh cases include 21 home quarantine cases, five institutional quarantine cases, five local contacts and one paid quarantine.   All the five institutional quarantine cases, including four females,  are patients and attendants of SCB Medical College and Hospital here.

Besides, the five local contacts include a 11-year-old boy from near Mangala Mandir in Bhagatpur here.

With the new cases, the number of active cases in the city surged to 165. However, 225 patients have recovered from the disease and eight succumbed to the virus.

Active surveillance, contact tracing, and sanitization drive in the concerned areas are underway, said the CMC.

Here’re details of the 32 fresh COVID-19 cases

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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