Bhubaneswar on Monday registered 281 new Covid-19 positive cases, with which the total tally in the city rose to 89,466. This was a decrease from the 323 infections reported on Sunday.
Out of the new cases, 215 were local contacts and 66 were quarantine cases. The local contacts included 22 cases in Patia, 10 in Unit-9, nine in Old Town, eight each in Patrapada and Sundarpada and six each in Niladri Vihar, VSS Nagar and Sailashree Vihar.
Currently, the active cases stood at 1,317 in the city. Meanwhile, five more patients succumbed to the disease in the city in the last 24 hours, with which the total death toll increased to 440. However, 374 more persons recovered, increasing the total recoveries to 87,688.