Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha touched 8,466 on Wednesday with two more patients succumbing to the disease.
According to the Health Department, A 83-year-old man of Bhubaneswar is one of the victims. He was also suffering from chronic kidney disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension and trigeminal neuralgia.
A 78-year-old man of Bhubaneswar, who was also suffering from hypertension, also succumbed to the infection.
The state has so far reported 6,590 COVID deaths during the second wave against 1,876 in the first wave last year.
There were 56 casualties in December. As many as 80 COVID deaths were reported 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.
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