In the first Covid-19 death in Jagatsinghpur district, an elderly person succumbed to coronavirus on Sunday while a record 40 cases were reported in a single day.
The deceased 67-year-old man from Jagatsinghpur block, who had been undergoing treatment in a hospital, was also suffering from diabetes.
According to Collector SK Mohapatra, out of a total 531 Covid-19 cases in the district, 361 have so far been discharged from hospitals, leaving 169 active cases till date.
Among the 40 affected people on Sunday, there were 19 from Paradip, 16 from Tirtol, three in Kujang and two in Jagatsinghpur blocks. Of them, 32 were detected from quarantine centres and TMCs, two from isolation centres, two from home quarantine and the others were housekeeping staffs of a private hospital in Bhubaneswar.