Alert! Odisha Reports 47 More COVID Deaths

Bhubaneswar (Reporters Today Bureau): Amid sharp decline in daily COVID-19 positive cases, Odisha reported the highest single-day toll of 47 deaths in last 24 hours. The fresh fatalities due to COVID-19 were reported from 17 districts with the highest number of deaths from Khordha district in a single day.

While six persons died of the virus in Khordha district, Cuttack stood second in terms of single-day toll of 5 COVID deaths. Similarly, the deadly virus claimed 4 each lives in Angul and Bargarh districts and 3 each in Balasore, Bhadrak, Boudh, Dhenkanal, Ganjam and Nayagarh districts in last 24 hours.

Two each died in Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara and Puri districts and 1 each succumbed to the disease in Balangir, Jajpur, Rayagada and Sundargarh districts.  With this, the total number of deaths due to COVID-19 surged to 3,257 in Odisha.