Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha touched 8,458 on Thursday with one more patient succumbing to the disease.
According to the Health Department, a 57-year-old woman from Khurda district was the latest victim. She was also suffering from chronic kidney disease, hypertension and diabetes mellitus.
The state has so far reported 6,582 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.
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