Odisha reports 6th COVID-19 death, 74 new cases
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 Name | No. of Case(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boudh | 28 |
| 2 | Puri | 11 |
| 3 | Cuttack | 9 |
| 4 | Khurda | 7 |
| 5 | Ganjam | 6 |
| 6 | Jajpur | 6 |
| 7 | Kendrapara | 2 |
| 8 | Malkangiri (New) | 2 |
| 9 | Balasore | 1 |
| 10 | Dhenkanal | 1 |
| 11 | Kandhamal | 1 |
| Total | 74 |
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.
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:
| District | Positive | Recovered | Active | Deceased |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ganjam | 313 | 109 | 202 | 2 |
| Jajpur | 174 | 55 | 119 | 0 |
| Balasore | 122 | 27 | 95 | 0 |
| Bhadrak | 95 | 23 | 72 | 0 |
| Khurda | 71 | 48 | 20 | 3 |
| Puri | 44 | 1 | 43 | 0 |
| Kendrapara | 40 | 8 | 32 | 0 |
| Cuttack | 36 | 2 | 33 | 1 |
| Boudh | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Jagatsinghpur | 28 | 5 | 23 | 0 |
| Sundergarh | 27 | 13 | 14 | 0 |
| Angul | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Mayurbhanj | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| Nayagarh | 10 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Keonjhar | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Balangir | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Kandhamal | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Sambalpur | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Deogarh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dhenkanal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Jharsuguda | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kalahandi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Malkangiri | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Koraput | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1052 | 307 | 739 | 6 |
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