Odisha: COVID Toll In August Touches 795 With 67 More Deaths

Bhubaneswar: With 67 more deaths due to COVID-19 being confirmed in the last 24 hours, the toll in August touched 795 on Thursday.

The list of daily fatalities includes past deaths for which an audit was done and the cause identified as COVID, the Health Department said.

Odisha has so far seen 6,697 deaths due to the deadly disease and 68 per cent of these fatalities have been reported during the second wave.

While May saw 660 deaths, the number swelled to 1,272 in June and it rose further to 1,884 in July.

Twenty of 30 districts have more than 100 deaths each.

Among the 67 casualties, Cuttack district reported the highest of 18 followed by 11 from Khurda (including 6 from Bhubaneswar), 9 from Sambalpur, 5 from Jajpur, 4 each from Mayurbhanj and Kendrapada, 3 each from Dhenkanal and Sonepur, 2 each from Puri and Balasore, and one each from Bhadrak, Jagatsinghpur, Kalahandi, Keonjhar, Nuapada and Sundargarh.

The deceased are identified as:

1.A 76 years of old Male of Balasore District.

2.A 58 years of old Male of Balasore District.

3.A 60 years of old Male of Bhadrak District.

4.A 72 years of old Male of Bhubaneswar.

5.A 71 years of old Male of Bhubaneswar who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, BPH.

6.A 55 years of old Male of Bhubaneswar who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension, Chronic Kidney Disease, Chronic Liver Disease with PHTN with Oesophageal Varices.

7.A 59 years of old Female of Bhubaneswar who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus.

8.A 63 years of old Male of Bhubaneswar who was also suffering from Hypertension.

9.A 45 years of old Male of Bhubaneswar.

10.A 55 years of old Female of Cuttack District.

11.A 72 years of old Male of Cuttack District.

12.A 70 years of old Male of Cuttack District.

13.A 70 years of old Male of Cuttack District.

14.A 42 years of old Male of Cuttack District.

15.A 55 years of old Female of Cuttack District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension.

16.A 70 years of old Male of Cuttack District.

17.A 65 years of old Female of Cuttack District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus.

18.A 87 years of old Female of Cuttack District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus.

19.A 70 years of old Male of Cuttack District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus.

20.A 85 years of old Female of Cuttack District.

21.A 55 years of old Female of Cuttack District.

22.A 82 years of old Male of Cuttack District.

23.A 85 years of old Male of Cuttack District.

24.A 59 years of old Male of Cuttack District.

25.A 87 years of old Male of Cuttack District who was also suffering from HTN.

26.A 70 years of old Female of Cuttack District who was also suffering from Chronic Kidney Disease On MHD.

27.A 65 years of old Male of Cuttack District.

28.A 64 years of old Male of Dhenkanal District.

29.A 48 years of old Male of Dhenkanal District.

30.A 83 years of old Male of Dhenkanal District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension.

31.A 43 years of old Female of Jagatsinghpur District.

32.A 62 years of old Male of Jajpur District.

33.A 52 years of old Male of Jajpur District.

34.A 56 years of old Female of Jajpur District.

35.A 56 years of old Female of Jajpur District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension.

36.A 58 years of old Male of Jajpur District.

37.A 83 years of old Male of Kalahandi District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension.

38.A 67 years of old Male of Kendrapada District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus.

39.A 42 years of old Male of Kendrapada District.

40.A 40 years of old Male of Kendrapada District.

41.A 758 years of old Male of Kendrapada District.

42.A 68 years of old Male of Keonjhar District.

43.A 81 years of old Male of Khurda District.

44.A 68 years of old Female of Khurda District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension.

45.A 62 years of old Female of Khurda District.

46.A 48 years of old Male of Khurda District.

47.A 48 years of old Female of Khurda District who was also suffering from Morbid Obesity.

48.A 77 years of old Male of Mayurbhanj District who was also suffering from Bronchial Asthma.

49.A 55 years of old Male of Mayurbhanj District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus.

50.A 47 years of old Male of Mayurbhanj District.

51.A 40 years of old Male of Mayurbhanj District who was also suffering from Hypertension, Chronic Kidney Disease.

52.A 28 years of old Male of Nuapada District.

53.A 53 years of old Female of Puri District.

54.A 66 years of old Female of Puri District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension.

55.A 64 years of old Male of Sambalpur District who was also suffering from Cerebro Vascular Accident, Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus.

56.A 70 years of old Female of Sambalpur District.

57.A 25 years of old Male of Sambalpur District.

58.A 40 years of old Female of Sambalpur District who was also suffering from Diabetes Mellitus.

59.A 32 years of old Male of Sambalpur District.

60.A 45 years of old Male of Sambalpur District.

61.A 50 years of old Female of Sambalpur District who was also suffering from Hypertension, Hypothyroidsm.

62.A 50 years of old Male of Sambalpur District.

63.A 60 years of old Male of Sambalpur District.

64.A 70 years of old Male of Sonepur District.

65.A 28 years of old Male of Sonepur District who was also suffering from Obesity.

66.A 65 years of old Male of Sonepur District.

67.A 50 years of old Male of Sundergarh District.