The Covid-19 tally in Bhubaneswar reached 25,464 after 290 new positive cases were reported on Sunday. Out of the total, 3,249 were active cases.
Of the new cases, 211 were local contacts and 79 quarantine cases, informed the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC).
The local contacts included 11 cases each from Chandrasekharpur, Satyanagar and Baramunda, 10 each from Laxmisagar, Nayapalli and Old Town, six each from Rasulgarh, Patia and Shailashree Vihar, five each from Jharpada, IRC Village, Khandagiri and Saheed Nagar, four each from Bhimatangi and Jagamara.
The quarantine cases included seven from Baramunda, five from Unit-6, five from Satyanagar and three from Saheed Nagar.Meanwhile, three more persons succumbed to disease on day, pushing total toll to 117.The State capital also witnessed recoveries of 352 patients from disease on day.