With four more Covid-19 deaths on Tuesday, the death toll due to the virus in the State increased to 42. While three deaths were reported from Ganjam district, the fourth victim was a native of Cuttack district.
The four deaths include a 70-year-old man of Ganjam suffering from diabetes, a 48-year-old man of Cuttack suffering from chronic liver disease and diabetes 60-year man of Ganjam suffering from diabetes and 53-year-old man also of Ganjam, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.
Two more patients died due to other health complications. While an 80-year-old man from Cuttack district died from prostate cancer and metastasis, another 45-year-old man from Mayurbhanj died from cancer of esophagus.
The positive cases crossed the 10,000-mark with the highest single-day spike of 571 cases on the day. With this the total positive cases soared to 10,097 Of the new cases, 403 were reported from quarantine centres while 168 were local contacts.
The day’s highest number of 273 cases were reported from Ganjam district followed by 56 in Gajapati, 51 in Sundargarh, 37 in Khordha, 29 in Cuttack, 28 in Baleswar.17 in Jagatsingpur, 16 in Jajpur, 14 in Mayurbhanj, 10 in Rayagada, seven in Nabarangapur, seven in Keonjhar, six in Sambalpur, five in Balangir, four in Angul, four in Puri, three in Kendrapada and one each in Bhadrak, Dhenkanal, Jharsuguda and Nayagarh.
However, 217 more patients recovered on Tuesday increasing the total recoveries to 6,703.