Bhubaneswar on Thursday registered 851 new Covid-19 positive cases, with which the State capital city’s total tally rose to 43,296.
Out of the new cases, 755 were from quarantine and 96 were local transmission cases.
The local contacts included 58 from Nayapalli, 46 from Khandagiri, 34 from Laxmisagar, 20 from Jagamara, Mancheswar, 19 each BJB Nagar and Bomikhal, 15 from Jayadev Vihar and 14 from Fire Station Square.
Currently, the active cases in the city stood at 6913. On the day, the total death toll in the city toll increased to 257 as two more patients succumbed to the disease. However, 429 persons recovered on the day, increasing the total recoveries to 36,103.
