Bhubaneswar: The daily COVID caseload in the capital city dipped further on Monday with 147 new patients were registered in the last 24 hours against 176 on Sunday.
According to Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), 44 of the new patients on the day are from quarantine and 103 local contacts.
Of the local contacts, maximum 7 cases each were reported from Nayapalli and Patia.
The city also saw 184 patients recovering from the virus during the period while the number of deceased due to COVID stood stable at 1,015 with no casualties from the city.
The active cases stood at 3,681 while total 1,12,326 people have been infected by the virus so far.
The city had reported 218 cases on Saturday, 207 on Friday and 218 on Thursday. The daily infections had remained below 200 for three days during the week as 186 cases were reported on Wednesday, 138 on Tuesday and 147 on Monday.
