Four more patients succumbed to the coronavirus while undergoing treatment at various Covid Hospitals in the State on Friday. With this, the total death toll rose to 83. Two of the deceased belonged to Ganjam district, one a 57-year-old man suffering from diabetes while the other was a 60-year-old man also suffering from chronic kidney disease.
The third deceased was a 66-year-old man of Angul district, who was also suffering from neuroendocrine tumor and the fourth was a 56-year-old man of Gajapati district suffering from diabetes and heart ailment, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.
Meanwhile, positive cases continued to soar in the State with 718 persons testing positive on the day. This was the second-highest positive cases detected in a single day. The total number of cases has now surged to 16,110 which included 5,124 active ones.
Out of the new cases, 479 were reported from quarantine centres and a record 239 local contacts. The day’s highest 251 cases was reported from Ganjam district followed by Khordha 150, Malkangiri 54, Cuttack 32, Keonjhar 28, Koraput 27, Jharsuguda 24, Mayurbhanj 22, Gajapati 21, Rayagada 19,
Jagatsinghpur 16, Nayagarh 13, Bhadrak and Sundargarh 10 each, Angul, Baleswar and Puri nine each, Kandhamal and Sambalpur seven each, Dhenkanal six, Subarnapur five, Kendrapada and Bargarh four each and Nabarangpur one.
However, 453 patients recovered from the disease on the day, taking the total recoveries to 11,330. The highest 220 recovered in Ganjam district, followed by 41 in Sundargarh, 33 in Nabarangpur, 28 in Khordha, 26 in Balangir, 17 in Keonjhar,15 in Baleswar, 13 each in Jagatsinghpur and Malkangiri,10 each in Jajpur and Gajapati, nine in Angul, six in Kendrapada, four in Koraput, three in Cuttack, two in Bhadrak and one each in Mayurbhanj, Nayagarh and Puri.