Bhubaneswar: A hostel of a premier B-school in Odisha capital was declared a micro-containment zone on Saturday after more than 30 students tested positive for COVID-19.
Besides XIMB hostel (Studio), the BMC has also imposed containment restrictions at G-3, Netaji Subas Enclave, Gadakan; Flat No-118, Kharvela East View Apartment, Patia; Laxmi Residency, Hanspal.
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The civic body had earlier also declared 17 micro-containment zones to check the spread of the virus. In total, 51 micro-containment zones have emerged in the capital city in the last few days amid a spike in COVID cases.
Odisha witnessed the biggest single-day spike with 3,679 new cases in the last 24 hours with Khurda reporting the highest of 1233 cases followed by Sundargarh (582), Sambalpur (372) and Cuttack (310).
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Notably, the BMC had sealed the XIMB campus in March last year after 28 staff and students have tested positive for COVID-19.
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