The State recorded its ninth Covid-19 death on Sunday when a 55-year-old man of Ganjam district breathed his last while undergoing treatment in a hospital. He was also suffering from TB and other underlying health conditions.
With this, Ganjam reported four Covid deaths. Earlier, Khordha district had also reported the same number of deaths while one fatality was reported from Cuttack district.
On Sunday, as many as 75 new corona cases were reported, taking the State’s total tally to 2,856.
The highest of 18 cases each were reported from Khordha and Sundargarh districts followed by seven cases in Jajpur, five each in Balangir and Cuttack districts, four in Nayagarh, three each in Kendrapada and Subarnapur, two each in Angul and Dhenkanal and one each in Puri and Nuapada.
However, on the day, the State reported the highest single-day Covid-19 recoveries so far with as many as 178 patients being discharged from health centres. With this, the total recoveries rose to 1,894.
The highest 39 patients recovered in Khordha district while 23 recovered in Gajapati, 22 in Nuapada, 17 in Bhadrak, 15 in Nayagarh, 14 in Ganjam, 10 in Kendrapada, nine each in Dhenkanal and Kandhamal, six in Sundargarh, four in Baleswar, two each in Cuttack, Balangir and Malkangiri, two each in Jagatsingpur, Jharsuguda, and one each in Nabarangpur and Puri districts, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.