State capital city Bhubaneswar registered a high of 581 Covid-19 positive cases on Tuesday, with which its total tally increased to 36,728.Of the news cases, 470 were local contacts and 111 were quarantine cases.
The local contacts included 38 cases from Patia, 35 from Old Town, 29 from Khandagiri, 26 from Tankapani Road, 24 from Nayapalli, 22 from Chandrasekharpur, 19 from Laxmisagar,15 from the Sainik School area, 14 from Pokhariput, 10 from Unit-3, nine each from Baramunda and Patrapada and eight each from Unit-6 and Badagada.
Currently, the active cases in the city stood at 3,249. Till now, 33,208 persons have recovered and 250 have succumbed to the disease.