The State on Thursday registered the single-day highest 17 Covid-19 deaths. With this, the total toll increased to 859, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.
While Khordha district registered the highest four deaths, two each succumbed to the virus in Cuttack and Nayagarh districts. One each died in Angul, Bhadrak, Balangir, Dhenkanal, Jagatsinghpur, Kalahandi, Kendrapada, Puri and Rayagada.The deceased in Khordha included an 89-year old man, a 62-year-old woman, a 48-year-old man (all of Bhubaneswar) and a 59-year-old man.
The casualties in Cuttack were an 83-year old man of Cuttack and a 67-year-old woman. The deaths in Nayagarh were of an 86-year old man and a 71-year-old woman.The other deceased included a 45-year-old man of Angul, a 65-year-old woman of Bhadrak, a 65-year-old man of Balangir, a 56-year-old man of Dhenkanal.