The Covid-19 tally in capital city Bhubaneswar on Tuesday reached 26,016 as 281 new positive cases were reported out of which 3,348 were active cases.
It is for the third consecutive day that the city’s daily positive cases remained below the 300-mark.
Of the new cases, 192 were local contacts and 89 quarantine cases, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. The local contacts included nine cases from Chandrasekharpur, eight each from BJB Nagar, Chinamaneswar, Jharpada and Patia, seven each from Khandagiri and Patrapada, six from Baramunda, five each from Sahilashree Vihar, Mancheswar and Saheed Nagar and four each from Unit-6, Unit-9, Sundarpada and Ghatikia.
The quarantine cases included seven from Patia, six from Chintamaneswar and five each from Acharya Vihar, Niladri Vihar and IRC Village.
Meanwhile, three more persons succumbed to the disease on the day, pushing the total toll in the city to 122.
However 315 more persons recovered on the day, taking the total recoveries to 22,525.