Bhubaneswar on Monday saw a marginal drop in the daily Covid-19 cases with 811 people testing positive for virus in last 24 hours. The State capital city registered 1,001 cases on Sunday. According to Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), 168 of fresh infections were from quarantine and 643 were local contacts. Among them are 16 children in the age group between one and 10.
The maximum 58 cases were reported from Patia followed by Khandagiri (36), Patrapada (32), Chandrasekharpur (31), Old Town (27), Dumduma and Nayapalli (21 each) and Badagada, Baramunda, Jharpada and Laxmisagar (17 each). Meanwhile, three more persons succumbed to disease on day, with which total death toll in city rose to 338.