Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha rose to 8,055 on Monday with eight more patients succumbing to the disease in the last 24 hours.
The deceased were identified as:
1. A 68 years old Male of Balasore district who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, Chronic Kidney Disease, Post Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty status, Left ventricular function.
2. A 53 years old Male of Ganjam district who was also suffering from Hypertension.
3. A 53 years old Male of Ganjam district who was also suffering from Hypertension.
4. A 57 years old Male of Khurda district who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus, Benign prostatic hyperplasia, Hypothyroidism, Chronic Kidney Disease.
5. A 73 years old Male of Khurda district who was also suffering from Hypertension.
6. A 79 years old Male of Khurda district who was also suffering from Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus.
7. A 63 years old Male of Puri district who was also suffering from Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus.
8. A 47 years old Male of Puri district who was also suffering from Hypertension, Chronic Kidney Disease.
The state had seen seven and five deaths on Sunday and Saturday, respectively, after the state government announced the end of the audit of the backlog deaths, which had gone up during the peak of the pandemic.
Odisha has reported 6,179 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.
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