State capital city Bhubaneswar on Thursday registered 419 new Covid-19 positive cases, with which its total tally increased to 85,627. This was a slight increase from the 372 infections detected on Wednesday.
Out of the new cases, 376 were local contacts and 43 were from quarantine.The local contacts included 23 cases in Patia, 18 in Nayapalli, 17 in Baramunda 15 each in Sailashree Vihar, Old Town and Niladri Vihar, 14 in Khandagiri, 12 each in Laxmisagar, Dumduma, IRC Village and Mancheswar, 11 each in Chandrasekharpur and Jharpada and 10 in Tankapani Road. Currently, the active cases stood at 2,670 in the city.Meanwhile, four more patients succumbed to the disease in the city, increasing the total death toll to 392.However, 749 patients recovered on the day, increasing the total recoveries to 82,544.