Bhubaneswar on Thursday registered 255 fresh Covid-19 positive cases, with which the total tally in the city rose to 1,01,128.Out of the new cases, 195 were local contacts and 60 quarantine cases.
The local contacts included 27 cases in Khandagiri, 18 in Nayapalli,15 in Patia, nine in Old Town and six each in Sundarpada and Chandrasekharpur. The active cases in the city stood at 2,633.
Meanwhile, 11 more patients succumbed to the disease in the city, mounting the total death toll to 859. However, 235 persons recovered on the day, increasing the total recoveries to 97,615.