The Covid-19 death toll rose to six in the State on Wednesday as an old man of Khordha district succumbed to the highly-infectious disease.
The Health and Family Welfare Department said, “A 70-year-old patient of Khordha district admitted to the AIIMS, Bhubaneswar with respiratory distress passed away on Tuesday. The patient was having a history of co-morbidity of hypertension.”
Meanwhile, 74 new coronavirus cases were registered on the day, taking the State’s total tally to 1,052. Of the new cases, Boudh district reported 28 cases, Puri district 11, Cuttack district nine, Khordha district seven, Ganjam district six, Jajpur district six, Kendrapada district two, Baleswar district one, Dhenkanal district one and Kandhamal district one.
However, Malkangiri district reported its maiden Covid cases as two persons tested positive. With this, the number districts hit by the virus spread rose to 24 out of the State’s total 30.
In a positive development, as many as 36 patients recovered from the disease on Wednesday, taking the total number of recoveries to 343. Of the recovered patients, 23 are from Ganjam district, five from Jajpur, three from Mayurbhanj, two each from Puri and Bhadrak and one from Rourkela, informed the Health and Family Welfare Department.