The Covid-19 fatalities continued to rise in the State with three more patients succumbing to the disease in Ganjam district on Sunday. With this, the total death toll reached 64.
A 56-year-old man, a 50-year-old man and a 65-year-old man of Ganjam died while undergoing treatment, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.
Two other Covid positives, a 50-year-old man from Khodha and a 57-year-old man from Bhubaneswar died due to head injuries and acute encephalomyelitis, the department tweeted. The non-Covid death toll in the State stood at 20. Meanwhile, there was uptick of positive cases following detection of 595 new cases on the day. With this, the State’s total cases increased to 13,121.
The day’s highest 230 cases were reported in Ganjam district, followed by 97 in Jajpur, 76 in Khordha, 44 in Koraput, 36 in Malkangiri, 20 in Gajapati, 14 in Mayurbhanj, 11 each from Cuttack, Baleswar and Bhadrak, five in Jagatsinghpur, four in Kalahandi three each in Bargarh and Keonjhar and one in Balangir.
However, 390 patients recovered in the State, which increased the total recoveries to 8,750. The highest 106 recovered in hotspot Ganjam district, followed by 71 in Cuttack, 38 each in Mayurbhanj and Sundargarh, 25 in Jajpur, 24 in Nabarangpur, 22 in Sambalpur, 15 in Khordha, nine in Baleswar, six in Bargarh, five each in Angul, Kalahandi and Kendrapada, four each in Jagatsinghpur and Koraput, three each in Bhadrak, Boudh and Keonjhar and two each in Nayagarh and Puri districts.