Bhubaneswar, Apr 29: The capital city of Odisha reported 851 new Covid-19 cases during the last 24 hours, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Thursday.

While 96 were quarantine cases, 755 were local contacts.

As many as 429 patients recovered during this period. The city has now 6913 active cases.

The total cases reached at 43,296 with detection of the fresh cases.

The city has reported 259 deaths due to the virus infection so far and 36,103 persons have recovered.