Seven more Covid-19 deaths were recorded in the State on Tuesday, increasing the toll to 154. The deceased included a five-year-old physically-challenged boy of Bhubaneswar.
While three deaths were reported from Ganjam district, Rayagada district reported two deaths while Cuttack district and Bhubaneswar registered one each.
The deceased of Ganjam included a 55-year-old man, a 39-year-old man and a 59-year-old man.
The deceased of Rayagada included a 31-year-old man and a 72-year-old man, who was also suffering from diabetes.
The deceased of Cuttack district was also suffering from bronchial asthma and diabetes. The deceased of Bhubaneswar was a five-year old boy, who was also suffering from cerebral palsy with seizure disorder.
Besides, a 16-year-old girl of Baleswar district died due to acute lymphocytic leukemia with immune suppression. With this, the number of deaths due to other health complications rose to 35, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.
Meanwhile, 1,215 new positive cases were detected on the day in the State, with which the total cases increased to 28,107.
While 753 cases were reported from different quarantine centres, 462 were local contacts.
Ganjam district again registered the day’s highest 392 cases followed by Khordha 312, Gajapati 89, Keonjhar 77, Koraput 73, Cuttack 60, Jagatsinghpur 47, Baleswar 29, Rayagada 24, Mayurbhanj 22, Balangir 21, Jajpur 20 Kendrapada, Kandhamal and Malkangir 14 each, Angul and Puri 11 each, Bargarh: 10, Nuapada and Kalahandi eight each, Nayagada seven, Bhadrak, Boudh, Subarnapur, Jharsuguda and Sundargarh two each and Deogarh and Dhenkanal districts one each.
However, another 687 patients recovered on Tuesday, taking the total recoveries to 18,060.
The highest 307 recovered in Ganjam, followed by 59 in Jagatsinghpur, 52 in Bhadrak, 35 in Nayagarh, 30 in Jharsuguda, 25 in Jajpur, 24 in Cuttack, 23 in Gajapati, 18 in Malkangiri, 17 in Koraput, 16 in Kandhamal 14 in Keonjhar, 12 in Bargarh 11 each in Baleswar Kendrapada and Sambalpur, 10 in Rayagada, five in Angul, three in Nabarangpur, two in Kalahandi and one each in Balangir and Sundargarh.