Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha rose to 272 on Sunday with 13 more patients succumbing to the virus in the last 24 hours.
While six among them are from Ganjam, two are from Koraput, one each from Balasore, Bhubaneswar, Khurda, Bargarh and Nayagarh.
Regret to inform of the demise of thirteen Covid positive patients while under treatment in hospitals.
1. A 81 year old Male of Balasore district who was also suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease.
— H & FW Dept Odisha (@HFWOdisha) August 9, 2020
8. A 65 year old male of Ganjam district who was also suffering from Diabetes & hypertension.
9. A 40 year old male of Ganjam district who was also suffering from Diabetes.
10. A 60 year old female of Ganjam district.
11. A 66 year old male of Ganjam district.
— H & FW Dept Odisha (@HFWOdisha) August 9, 2020
12. A 37 year old male of Ganjam district who was also suffering from Hypertension.
13. A 50 year old male of Ganjam district who was also suffering from Diabetes.
— H & FW Dept Odisha (@HFWOdisha) August 9, 2020
These 13 deaths pushed the toll 131 in Ganjam district, 35 in Khurda, 17 in Sundargarh, 16 in Gajapati, 11 in Cuttack, 10 in Rayagada, five in Nayagarh, Kandhamal and Balasore, four each in Keonjhar, Bhadrak and Puri, three each in Bargarh, Jajpur and Kendrapada, two each in Koraput, Sambalpur, Malkangiri, Jagatsinghpur, Kalahandi and Angul and one each in Jharsuguda, Mayurbhanj, Nabarangpur, and Dhenkanal.