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Bhubaneswar: Odisha registered a huge spike in COVID-19 cases on Wednesday with as many as 618 new positive cases taking the State's overall tally to 14898.
As reported by the Health department, the State also saw three deaths due to Covid-19 in last 24 hours. While two deaths were reported from Ganjam, Bhubaneswar recorded another death. With this the total death toll in Odisha reached 77.
As per the government report, two victims from Ganjam were aged 65 years old and 86 years old respectively and suffering from comorbidities as well. Similarly the one from Bhubaneswar was aged at 72.
#Covid19 deaths in #Odisha (July 15)
65-year-old male of Ganjam district with Diabetes.
72-year-old male of Bhubaneswar
86-year-old male of Ganjam district with chronic HypertensionDeath toll in State rises to 77.
- Health Dept
— OTV (@otvnews) July 15, 2020
As of now, the total active cases in the state remain at 4933, while 9864 patients have recovered and discharged from hospitals.
Out of the 618 fresh cases, 411 cases were reported from quarantine centres while 207 were said to have contracted the disease locally.
Ganjam reports the maximum with 286 #Covid19 cases in #Odisha today. Khurda & Balasore report 107 & 61 cases respectively.
Total cases: 14898
Recoveries: 9864
Active cases: 4933
Cumulative tests: 353824- I&PR Dept pic.twitter.com/cWJ14NTKNs
— OTV (@otvnews) July 15, 2020
Ganjam district again reported the highest (286) positive cases on Wednesday. Khurda reported highest single-day spike of 107 positive cases while Balasore and Jagatsinghpur registered 61 and 26 cases respectively.
(Edited By Suryakant Jena)
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