August COVID Toll In Odisha Crosses 2K; 2-Month-Old Baby Girl Among 68 Fresh Fatalities

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha touched 7,969 on Monday with 68 more deaths being confirmed in the past 24 hours.

Cuttack district recorded the highest 22 fatalities, followed by Angul (11) and Jagatsinghpur (8). Among the deceased is a two-month-old baby girl of Khurda district.

With this, the number of children and adolescents who lost their lives to COVID during the second wave in the state has touched 37. Thirteen children in the age group of 0-18 years have died due to the deadly disease between August 10 and 31.

Odisha has so far seen 2067 deaths due to the disease this month. While 660 deaths were reported in May, the number swelled to 1,272 in June and it rose further to 1,884 in July.

The deceased have been identified as:

1. A 47 years old male of Angul District who was also suffering from Hypertension.

2. A 40 years old male of Angul District who was also suffering from Varicella Zoster Infection.

3. A 45 years old male of Angul District.

4. A 55 years old female of Angul District.

5. A 65 years old female of Angul District who was also suffering from Hypertension.

6. A 46 years old female of Angul District.

7. A 53 years old female of Angul District.

8. A 47 years old female of Angul District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus & Hypertension.

9. A 82 years old male of Angul District who was also suffering from Hypertension.

10. A 55 years old male of Angul District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus, hypertension & Bronchial Asthma.

11. A 100 years old male of Angul District who was also suffering from Hypertension.

12. A 70 years old male of Balasore District.

13. A 85 years old female of Balasore District who was also suffering from Hypertension.

14. A 58 years old female of Balasore District.

15. A 75 years old male of Balasore District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension & Mantle Cell Lymphoma on Chemotherapy.

16. A 58 years old male of Balasore District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus.

17. A 62 years old female of Bhadrak District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus.

18. A 58 years old female of Bhadrak District who was also suffering from Bronchial Asthma.

19. A 54 years old female of Bhadrak District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus & Hypertension.

20. A 82 years old female of Bhubaneswar who was also suffering from Hypertension.

21. A 74 years old male of Cuttack District.

22. A 50 years old male of Cuttack District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus.

23. A 18 years old male of Cuttack District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus & Diabetic Ketoacidosis.

24. A 80 years old male of Cuttack District who was also suffering from Hypertension.

25. A 65 years old female of Cuttack District.

26. A 70 years old female of Cuttack District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension & Cerebro Vascular Accident.

27. A 55 years old female of Cuttack District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus & Hypertension.

28. A 32 years old male of Cuttack District.

29. A 54 years old male of Cuttack District.

30. A 52 years old female of Cuttack District.

31. A 62 years old male of Cuttack District who was also suffering from Bronchial Asthma.

32. A 75 years old male of Cuttack District who was also suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

33. A 66 years old male of Cuttack District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus.

34. A 60 years old female of Cuttack District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus & Hypertension.

35. A 93 years old female of Cuttack District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus.

36. A 55 years old female of Cuttack District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus.

37. A 72 years old male of Cuttack District.

38. A 55 years old female of Cuttack District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus.

39. A 93 years old female of Cuttack District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus.

40. A 60 years old female of Cuttack District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus & Hypertension.

41. A 74 years old female of Cuttack District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension & Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

42. A 45 years old female of Cuttack District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus.

43. A 36 years old male of Dhenkanal District.

44. A 61 years old male of Dhenkanal District.

45. A 68 years old male of Dhenkanal District who was also suffering from Hypertension.

46. A 67 years old male of Dhenkanal District who was also suffering from Hypertension.

47. A 58 years old female of Jagatsinghpur District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus.

48. A 55 years old female of Jagatsinghpur District.

49. A 65 years old female of Jagatsinghpur District who was also suffering from Hypertension.

50. A 45 years old male of Jagatsinghpur.

51. A 50 years old male of Jagatsinghpur District.

52. A 65 years old female of Jagatsinghpur District who was also suffering from Hypertension.

53. A 55 years old female of Jagatsinghpur District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus.

54. A 40 years old female of Jagatsinghpur District.

55. A 89 years old male of Jajpur District.

56. A 64 years old male of Jajpur District.

57. A 82 years old male of Kendrapara District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension & Asthma.

58. A 70 years old male of Kendrapada District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension & Cerebro Vascular Accident.

59. A 34 years old female of Kendrapada District.

60. A 65 years old female of Kendrapada District.

61. A 62 years old male of Kendrapada District.

62. A 75 years old male of Kendrapada District.

63. A 2 months old baby girl of Khurda District.

64. A 60 years old male of Mayurbhanja District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus.

65. A 45 years old female of Mayurbhanja District.

66. A 43 years old female of Puri District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus.

67. A 70 years old male of Puri District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus & Hypertension.

68. A 29 years old female of Puri District.

The Health Department stated that this list does not reflect deaths occurring on a particular day, instead gives of those for which audit process has been completed and the cause of death has been identified as COVID-19.