Bhubaneswar: Five more Corona patients succumbed to the deadly virus in the last 24 hours taking the toll to 1,744 in Odisha.

"Regret to inform the demise of five numbers of Covid positive patients while under treatment in hospitals," informed the State Health & Family Welfare Department today.

The fresh deaths were reported from 3 districts. While Puri district registered 3 deaths, the highest in a single day, 1 each died of COVID-19 in Jagatsinghpur and Khordha districts.

Here're details of 5 new COVID-19 deaths in Odisha:

1.A 39-year-old male of Jagatsinghpur district.

2.A 68-year-old male of Khordha district.

3.A 36-year-old male of Puri district.

4.A 65-year-old female of Puri district.

5.A 78-year-old male of Puri district who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension & COPD.