Covid-19 claimed five more lives on Sunday, taking the total death toll in the State to 91. While three persons succumbed to the virus in Ganjam district, two more deaths were reported from Sundargarh and Jagatsinghpur districts,
The deceased included a 70-year-old woman, a 44-year-old man and a 39-year-old man with diabetes in Ganjam district, a 65-year-old woman of Sundargarh with diabetes and bronchitis and a 67-year-old man of Jagatsinghpur with diabetes, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.
Two more non-Covid deaths were also reported on the day. “Regret to report the demise of two Covid positive patients due to other causes. The two deceased are 53-year-old man of Ganjam district due to bradycardia, hyperkalemia and metabolic acidosis with history of chronic kidney disease and a 83-year old man of Bhubaneswar due to uncontrolled diabetes, acute kidney injury and metabolic acidosis,” the department said.
Meanwhile, 736 new positive cases were registered on the day, taking the State’s total tally to 17,437. The new cases included 481 from quarantine centres and 255 local contacts. Ganjam district again reported the highest 247 cases, followed by Khordha with 107, Koraput 45, Jagatsinghpur and Jajpur 40 each, Gajapati 39, Baleswar 33, Angul 22, Cuttack 27, Malkangiri 18, Puri 14, Mayurbhanj 12, Nayagarh 10, Boudh eight, Kendrapada, seven, Bhadrak five, Balangir four, Bargarh three, Nabarangpur, Dhenkanal and Keonjhar one each .
However, 515 patients recovered from the disease on the day, taking the total recoveries to12, 452.
The maximum 199 patients recovered in Ganjam district followed by 80 in Khordha, 40 in Jajpur, 37 in Sundargarh, 28 in Cuttack, 20 in Keonjhar, 18 in Jagatsinghpur, 15 in Baleswar, 13 each in Jharsuguda and Bargarh, nine each in Mayurbhanj and Rayagada, eight in Balangir, seven in Bhadrak, six each in Gajapati and Puri, five in Koraput and one each in Angul and Kendrapada.