Bhubaneswar: Odisha has reported 456 new positive cases of Covid-19 and two more deaths in the last 24 hours, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.
“Regret to report the demise of two Covid positive patients while under treatment in hospital.
1. Male aged 77 years of Ganjam district, who was also suffering from Hypertension.
2. Male aged 64 years of Jajpur district, who was also a patient of Diabetes”, the Department informed.
With this, the COVID-19 death toll in the State increased to 38.
Of the 456 new cases, as many as 309 cases have been reported from quarantine centres and the rest 147 are the local contacts.
Here is the district-wise details:
. Angul: 1
2. Balasore: 14
3. Bargarh: 33
4. Bhadrak: 12
5. Bolangir: 6
6. Cuttack: 13
7. Dhenkanal: 1
8. Gajapati: 1
9. Ganjam: 166
10. Jagatsingpur: 23
11. Jajpur: 57
12. Kalahandi: 1
13. Kandhamal: 3
14. Kendrapada: 5
15. Keonjhar: 2
16. Khordha: 21
17. Koraput: 10
18. Mayurbhanj: 8
19. Nawarangapur: 24
20. Nayagarh: 4
21. Puri: 3
22. Rayagada: 13
23. Sambalpur: 15
24. Sundergarh: 20
With this, the total number of cases rose to 9526 in the State.