State capital Bhubaneswar on Sunday registered 316 new Covid-19 positive cases. With this, the total tally in the city increased to 93,707. Out of the new cases, 249 were local contacts and 67 quarantine cases.
The local contacts included 23 cases in Khandagiri, 13 in Niladri Vihar, 12 in Patia, 11 in Patrapada, 10 in Nayapalli and nine each in Dumduma and Chandrasekharpur.
Currently, the active cases stood at 1,157 in the city. Meanwhile, eight more patients succumbed to the disease in the city, with which the total death toll mounted to 511.However, 339 persons recovered on the day, increasing the total recoveries to 92,018.