Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha touched 8,460 on Friday with two more patients succumbing to the disease.
According to the Health Department, a 78-year-old man from Bhubaneswar died of the disease. He was also suffering from chronic kidney disease.
Another 76-year-old man from Bhubaneswar also died of COVID-19. He had no comrbidities.
Notably, 56 COVID deaths were reported in December.
The state has so far reported 6,584 COVID deaths during the second wave against 1,876 in the first wave last year.
There were 80 casualties in November, 134 in October and 346 in September. Similarly, 2,056 fatalities were registered in August, while July saw 1,903 deaths, June 1,272 and May 737, said sources in the Health Department.
The second wave of the pandemic has claimed 48 children and adolescents in Odisha. As many as 13 of these deaths were reported between August 10 and 31.
