COVID-19 Toll Crosses 300 In Odisha With 9 Deaths From 5 Dists

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll touched 305 in Odisha with nine more patients succumbing to the deadly virus in the last 24 hours.

The new fatalities have reported from Ganjam (4), Rayagada  (2) and one each from Angul, Balasore and Khurda districts.

The Health Department has identified the deceased as:

• A 44-year-old female of Angul district who was also suffering from diabetes.
• A 38-year-old male of Balasore district.
• A 48-year-old female of Ganjam district who was also suffering from diabetes and obesity.
• A 57-year-old male of Ganjam.
• A 57-year-old male of Ganjam district who was also suffering from diabetes, hypertension and chronic kidney disease.
• A 74-year-old female of Ganjam district.
• A 58-year-old male of Khurda district who was also suffering from diabetes.
• A 65-year-old male of Rayagada district.
• A 65-year-old male of Rayagada district who was also suffering from diabetes, hypertension.

With the nine new deaths, the virus has so far claimed 144 lives in Ganjam district, followed by 42 in Khurda, 19 in Sundargarh, 16 in Gajapati, 11 in Cuttack, 14 in Rayagada, eight in Nayagarh, seven in Balasore, five in Kandhamal, four each in Keonjhar, Bhadrak, five in Puri, three each in Bargarh, Jajpur, Angul and Kendrapada, two each in Koraput, Sambalpur, Malkangiri, Jagatsinghpur, Kalahandi and one each in Jharsuguda, Mayurbhanj, Nabarangpur, and Dhenkanal.

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