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 NameNo. of Case(s)
1Ganjam246
2Khurdha64
3Cuttack38
4Jajpur15
5Sundergarh10
6Balasore21
7Jagatsinghpur1
8Mayurbhanj14
9Puri7
10Keonjhar10
11Kendrapara11
12Bhadrak7
13Nayagarh16
14Balangir3
15Malkangiri4
16Koraput4
17Rayagada1
18Angul1
19Nawarangpur4
20Sambalpur4
21Nuapada9
22Kalahandi2
23Boudh2
Total494