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Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha touched 8,436 on Monday with two more deaths being confirmed in the last 24 hours.
According to the Health Department, a 65-year-old woman of Bargarh district succumbed to the disease. She was also suffering from chronic kidney disease.
The second victim was a 79-year-old elderly woman of Bhubaneswar. She was suffering from diabetes mellitus, hypertension, coronary artery disease, chronic kidney disease, old cerebrovascular accident.
Odisha has reported 6,560 COVID deaths during the second wave against 1,876 in the first wave last year.
There were 80 casualties in the state 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 the lives of 48 children and adolescents in Odisha. As many as 13 of these deaths were reported between August 10 and 31.
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