Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered its sixth death due to COVID-19 while 74 more persons tested positive for the virus yesterday taking the tally to 1052, official sources said today.

The deceased has been identified as a 70-year-old man of Khordha district. He had history of comorbidity  of hypertension and was admitted to AIIMS-Bhubaneswar yesterday with respiratory distress. The septuagenarian breathed his last while undergoing treatment on the very day, official sources said.

Here's the district-wise tally of 74 new COVID-19 cases detected in Odisha yesterday:

Sl#District NameNo. of Case(s)
1Boudh28
2Puri11
3Cuttack9
4Khurda7
5Ganjam6
6Jajpur6
7Kendrapara2
8Malkangiri (New)2
9Balasore1
10Dhenkanal1
11Kandhamal1
Total74

Out of the 74 new cases, 72 were detected from quarantine centres while two are local cases, sources added.

The state government informed about the details of fresh 74 in a series of tweets.

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With this, the number of active COVID-19 cases in Odisha rose to 739 while 307 patients have recovered so far.

Here's overall district-wise tally of COVID-19 cases in Odisha:

DistrictPositiveRecoveredActiveDeceased
Ganjam3131092022
Jajpur174551190
Balasore12227950
Bhadrak9523720
Khurda7148203
Puri441430
Kendrapara408320
Cuttack362331
Boudh330330
Jagatsinghpur285230
Sundergarh2713140
Angul170170
Mayurbhanj11470
Nayagarh10190
Keonjhar8260
Balangir6240
Kandhamal3030
Sambalpur3030
Deogarh2110
Dhenkanal2110
Jharsuguda2200
Kalahandi2200
Malkangiri2020
Koraput1100
Total10523077396