Five more succumb to COVID-19 in Odisha, toll at 2073

Bhubaneswar: COVID-19 claimed five more lives in Odisha as the toll mounted to 2073, official sources said today.

The deceased have been identified as:

1. A 72 years old male of Bhubaneswar who was also suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

2. A 73 years old male of Bhubaneswar who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus & Hypertension.

3. A 37 years old female of Sundargarh district.

4. A 52 years old female of Sundargarh district who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus.

5. A 54 years old female of Sundargarh district.

Odisha reported as many as 8914 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours as the tally in the state rose to 471536.

Khurda registered the highest number of fresh infections as 1258 more persons in the district contracted the virus.

Below are district-wise figures of the fresh cases:

1. Angul: 331
2. Balasore: 179
3. Bargarh: 452
4. Bhadrak: 351
5. Balangir: 291
6. Boudh: 175
7. Cuttack: 587
8. Deogarh: 103
9. Dhenkanal: 149
10. Gajapati: 165
11. Ganjam: 262
12. Jagatsinghpur: 109
13. Jajpur: 232
14. Jharsuguda: 304
15. Kalahandi: 236
16. Kandhamal: 62
17. Kendrapara: 132
18. Keonjhar: 104
19. Khurda: 1258
20. Koraput: 145
21. Malkangiri: 73
22. Mayurbhanj: 134
23. Nabarangpur: 433
24. Nayagarh: 194
25. Nuapada: 278
26. Puri: 530
27. Rayagada: 157
28. Sambalpur: 520
29. Sonepur: 121
30. Sundargarh: 592
31. State Pool: 255