Bhubaneswar: The COVID toll in Odisha touched 8,457 on Wednesday with two more patients succumbing to the disease.
According to the Health Department, a 42-year-old man of Khurda district with no comorbidities died of the disease.
A 61-year-old woman of Koraput district, who was also suffering from hypertension, also lost the battle against COVID.
The state has so far reported 6,581 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.
