Odisha

Puri Man With Comorbidities Dies Of COVID In Odisha

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OB Bureau

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 toll in Odisha touched 8,423 on Monday with one more death being confirmed in the last 24 hours.

According to the Health Department, the new casualty has been reported from Puri district where a 68-year-old male, who was also suffering from chronic disease and benign prostatic hyperplasia, succumbed to the disease.

Odisha has reported 6,547 COVID deaths during the second wave against 1,876 in the first wave last year.

There were 80 casualties in the state in November, 134 in October and 346 in September. Similarly, 2,056 fatalities were registered in August, while July saw 1,903 deaths, June 1,272 and May 737, said sources in the Health Department.

The second wave of the pandemic has claimed the lives of 48 children and adolescents in Odisha. As many as 13 of these deaths were reported between August 10 and 31.

 

OB Bureau

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