Bhubaneswar: COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Odisha, official sources said today.

The deceased have been identified as a 51-year-old man of Ganjam who was suffering from morbid obesity and a 34-year-old man of Ganjam who was suffering from hypertension.

With this, COVID toll in Odisha mounted to 79 while 24 COVID-19 patients have died of other health problems till date.

Odisha today also reported 494 fresh COVID-19 cases as the tally crossed 15,000-mark and reached 15392.

Here are district-wise figures of the fresh cases:

Sl# District Name No. of Case(s)
1 Ganjam 246
2 Khurdha 64
3 Cuttack 38
4 Jajpur 15
5 Sundergarh 10
6 Balasore 21
7 Jagatsinghpur 1
8 Mayurbhanj 14
9 Puri 7
10 Keonjhar 10
11 Kendrapara 11
12 Bhadrak 7
13 Nayagarh 16
14 Balangir 3
15 Malkangiri 4
16 Koraput 4
17 Rayagada 1
18 Angul 1
19 Nawarangpur 4
20 Sambalpur 4
21 Nuapada 9
22 Kalahandi 2
23 Boudh 2
Total 494