6 More Die Of COVID In Odisha, 6200 Fatalities In 2nd Wave

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll touched 8,084 on Friday as Odisha confirmed six more deaths due to the deadly disease in the last 24 hours.

According to the Health Department, one each fatality is from Angul, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Mayurbhanj, and Puri.

Two of the total victims had no co-morbidities.

Here are the details of cases confirmed as death due to COVID after due completion of the audit process:

1.A 58 years old male of Angul District who was also suffering from Rt. Bronchogenic Cancer.

2.A 60 years old male of Cuttack District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus.

3.A 70 years old male of Jagatsinghpur District who was also suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease.

4.A 75 years old male of Kendrapara District.

5.A 92 years old male of Mayurbhanja District.

6.A 59 years old male of Puri District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus & Hypertension.

Odisha has so far reported 6,200 COVID deaths in the second wave as against 1,876 the previous year.

Around 6,000 fatalities were added in the last four months. August saw around 66 deaths a day, on an average, while it was 61 in July and 42 in June.

Similarly, 2,056 fatalities were registered last month, while July saw 1,903 deaths, June (1,272) and May (737), Health Department sources said.

Notably, the second wave of the pandemic has claimed the lives of 39 children and adolescents in Odisha. As many as 13 of these deaths were reported between August 10 and 31.