Bhubaneswar, May 5 -- Amid the raging second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, Bhubaneswar city in Odisha reported over 88% local contact cases today.

As per the data provided by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, the city registered a total of 1,074 Covid positive cases in last 24 hours till 9 AM on May 5. Of them, as many as 946 positive cases were local contact cases whereas 128 were quarantine cases.

So far, 49,330 Covid positive cases have been detected in the Odisha Capital.

The data further mentioned 599 Covid patients recuperated from the disease taking the recovery tally to 39, 615 till date.

The number of active cases stood at 9,419 in the city while a total 275 persons succumbed to Covid-19.

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