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Bhubaneswar: Odisha witnessed an explosion in COVID-19 cases for the fourth consecutive day with 456 persons testing positive for the virus on Monday. The total case count in the State now stands at 9526.
The State also witnessed two more COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours. The deaths were reported from Ganjam and Jajpur.
#Odisha Health Dept shares details of 2 #COVID19 deaths-a 77-year-old male of Ganjam district & a 64-year-old male of Jajpur district. https://t.co/wlGCEGXhhl pic.twitter.com/2xeNH0QZBt
— OTV (@otvnews) July 6, 2020
"Regret to report the demise of two Covid positive patients while under treatment in hospital," tweeted the health department.
The 77-year-old male of Ganjam district, who was suffering from hypertension, succumbed to the virus. Another male aged 64 from Jajpur district also passed away. He was a patient of diabetes.
Of the total 456 #Covid_19 cases, 147 are local contacts while 309 cases were reported from quarantine centres
Here's district-wise breakup of new cases👇
(#Odisha I&PR Dept) pic.twitter.com/gMHYa9OlL4
— OTV (@otvnews) July 6, 2020
Of the total cases detected today, 309 were reported from various quarantine centres across the State while 147 are local contact cases.
Ganjam again reported the highest 166 cases while the district of Jajpur remained at second spot with 57 cases. Similarly, Bargarh, Nabarangpur, Jagatsinghpur, Khurda and Sundergarh reported 33, 24, 23, 21 and 20 cases respectively.
The active cases in Odisha now stand at 3254 while 6224 recoveries have been reported in the State so far.
A total of 4827 RT-PCR tests were conducted in the last 24 hours taking the cumulative tests in the State to 297234 till Monday.
Later in the day, the State reported 262 recoveries.
#Odisha #COVID19 recoveries today-262
73-Ganjam
49-Gajapati
25-Jagatsinghpur
16-Rayagada
15-Cuttack
14-Baragarh
13-Khurda
12-Bhadrak,Puri
8-Kendrapara
4 each-Jajpur,Sundergarh
3 each-Angul,Balasore,Nayagarh,Nabarangpur
1 each-Boudh,Jharsuguda,Kalahandi,Koraput,Mayurbhanj— OTV (@otvnews) July 6, 2020
(Edited By Ramakanta Biswas)
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