The Covid-19 positive cases breached the 1-lakh mark in State capital city Bhubaneswar with the detection of 318 new cases in the last 24 hours. The total positives’ tally increased to 1,00,181. Out of the new cases, 239 were local contacts and 72 quarantine cases.
The local contacts included 21 new cases in Patia, 12 in Rasulgarh, 10 in Sailashree Vihar, nine in Old Town and eight each in Tankapani Road, Nayapalli and Unit-6.
The active cases in the city stood at 2,498. Meanwhile, five more patients succumbed to the disease in the city in the last 24 hours, with which the total death toll rose to 806. However, 237 persons recovered on the day, increasing the total recoveries to 96,856.