Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha touched 8,464 on Monday with one more patient succumbing to the disease.
According to the Health Department, a 50-year-old man from Balasore district is the latest victim. He was also suffering from chronic kidney disease, diabetes mellitus and hypertension.
The state has so far reported 6,588 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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