Five more die; State Covid toll rises to 61

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Five more die; State Covid toll rises to 61

Sunday, 12 July 2020 | PNS | BHUBANESWAR

Five more Covid-19 positive persons died on Saturday, increasing the State’s total death toll to 61. The dead included two from hotspot Ganjam district and one each from Puri, Cuttack and Khordha districts.

This was stated by the Health and family Welfare Department.

The victims included a 70-year-old man of Puri district, who was also suffering from diabetes and hypertension; a 46-year-old man of Cuttack district, who was also suffering from diabetes, hypertension and hypothyroidism; a 56-year-old woman of Bhubaneswar, who was also suffering from diabetes and a 55-year old man and a 72-year-old man of Ganjam.

Another patient of Kendrapada district succumbed to other health complications in the State. “Regret to report the demise of a 62-year old Covid positive woman of Kendrapada district due to brain tumour. She was also suffering from diabetes, hypertension and asthma,” the department tweeted. With this, the number of deaths due to other health complications increased to 18.

Meanwhile, 570 persons tested positive for the virus in the State on Friday, increasing the total cases to 12,526. While 384 cases were reported from different quarantine centres, 186 were local contacts. With this, the number of active cases in the State rose to 4,475.

The day’s highest 218 cases were reported from Ganjam district, followed by Cuttack 46,  Sundargarh 44, Jajpur 40, Khordha 37, Nayagarh 37, Jharsuguda 31, Gajapati 25, Jagatsinghpur 16, Puri 15 Keonjhar 14, Angul and Koraput 11 each, Mayurbhanj 10, Kendrapada six, Baleswar and Boudh three each, Bhadrak two and Sambalpur one.

However, another 388 patients recovered in the State, taking the total recoveries to 8,360.  The Highest number of 187 recovered in Ganjam district, followed by 37 in Khordha, 31 in Keonjhar, 27 in Jajpur, 26 in Cuttack, 18 in Nayagarh, 16 in Puri, 14 in Sambalpur, 11 in Baleswar, eight in Angul, six in Kendrapada, two each in Gajapati and Jharsuguda and one each in Bargarh, Bhadrak and Deogarh.

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