COVID-19 Claims Another Life In Bhubaneswar; Second Death In Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Coronavirus has claimed another life in Odisha.

The Health and Family Welfare Department in a tweet identified the deceased as the 77-year-old (male) patient of Madhusudan Nagar, Bhubaneswar. He had underlying co-morbidities of hypertension, diabetes and kidney disease and died at KIMS COVID hospital on Tuesday, it added.

He had tested positive for the virus on April 28 and was a close contact of a previous patient in the locality.

The state had reported its first COVID-19 death on April 6 when a 72-year-old man infected with coronavirus succumbed at AIIMS-Bhubaneswar. He was a resident of Jharpada in Bhubaneswar.

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Meanwhile, another corona positive case has been detected in Ganjam, taking the affected tally in Odisha to 177.