Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha breached 700-mark to touch 701 on Sunday with 10 more patients succumbing to the virus in the last 24 hours.
The fresh deaths have been reported from eight districts. While Cuttack and Puri two deaths each, while one patient each died of COVID-19 in Balangir, Ganjam, Kalahandi, Khurda, Mayurbhanj and Sambalpur districts.
The Health and Welfare Department identified the deceased as
1. A 40-year-old male of Balangir district who was also suffering from diabetes.
2. A 69-year-old male of Cuttack district, who was also suffering from diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease (Post-transplant).
3. An 84-year-old male of Cuttack district who was also suffering from diabetes
4. A 68-year-old male of Ganjam district
5. A 65-year-old male of Kalahandi district
6. A 92-year-old male of Khurda district
7. An 80-year-old female of Mayurbhanj district
8. A 60-year-old female of Puri district
9. A 54-year-old male of Puri district
10. A 53-year-old male of Sambalpur district who was also suffering from diabetes, hypertension.