Bhubaneswar, May 11: The capital city of Odisha reported 1196 new Covid-19 cases during the last 24 hours, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Tuesday.

While 194 were quarantine cases, 1002 were local contacts.

As many as 858 patients recovered during this period. The city has now 10,689 active cases.

The total cases reached at 55, 772 with detection of the fresh cases.

The city has reported 284 deaths due to the virus infection so far and 44, 778 persons have recovered.