Two more Covid-19 deaths on Tuesday from Ganjam district. With this, the State’s total death toll rose to 25.
“Regret to report the death of two Covid positive patients of Ganjam district while under treatment in hospital. One was a 48-year-old woman and the other a 39-year-old woman, who was also suffering from chronic kidney disease,” the Health and Family Welfare Department tweeted.
Meanwhile, 206 more positive cases were recorded in the State on the day, increasing the total to 7,065.
Of the new cases, 192 were reported from various quarantine centres while remaining 14 were local contacts, according to the Information and Public Relations Department.
Malkangiri district reported the day’s highest 36 cases followed by Jajpur 28, Koraput 18, Jagatsinghpur 17, Cuttack 17, Balangir 16.
Similarly, 15 cases were reported from Deogarh district, seven each from Mayurbhanj and Khordha, six each from Keonjhar and Angul, five from Baleswar, four each from Bhadrak, Dhenkanal, Kendrapada and Sambalpur, three each from Ganjam and Jharsuguda, two from Sundargarh, one each from Boudh, Nayagarh and Puri.
However, the State recorded an all-time high single-day recovery of 243 patients, taking the total number of recoveries so far to 5,189.
Out of the 243, Gajapati district recorded the highest 59 cases. Ganjam 41 and Khodha 38, Kandhamal 17, Jharsuguda 15, Sundargarh 10, eight each from Bhadrak, Jajpur and Kendrapada, seven from Koraput, six each from Baragarh and Mayurbhanj, five from Jagatsinghpur, four each from Cuttack, Malkangiri and Nabarangpur, two from Baleswar and one from Kalahandi.
With this, the total recoveries crossed the 5,000-mark touching 5,189.