Odisha Records Big Spike In COVID-19 Tally, 1594 New Cases & 6 Deaths Reported In Last 24 Hours

Bhubaneswar: A day after witnessing 1264 COVID-19 cases, Odisha reported yet another record spike with 1594 fresh cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total coronavirus infection tally in Odisha reached 22693 on Friday. This is the third consecutive day that the State has reported 1000-plus COVID-19 cases.

Of the new cases, 1067 were detected from quarantine centres while 527 are local contacts. Ganjam recorded 732 new cases while next in line are Khurda and Cuttack districts with 320 cases and 136 cases, respectively. Bhadrak witnessed 60 new cases, Boudh (41) while 33 cases were detected from Koraput.

District-wise break-up of 1594 new #Covid19 cases in #Odisha today. pic.twitter.com/OijuUheZwt

— OTV (@otvnews) July 24, 2020

As per official reports, six persons succumbed to coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the COVID-19 death toll in Odisha to 120.

6 more persons succumb to #COVID19, taking death toll in #Odisha to 120.

Two more Covid positive patients in State die due to other health complications. "Other than Covid deaths" rise to 33, informs H&FW Dept pic.twitter.com/eOgKpVGk5A

— OTV (@otvnews) July 24, 2020

Among the six Covid positive patients who died of the infection is a 44-year-old male of Ganjam district who was also suffering from diabetes, a 71-year-old male of Rayagada district who was also suffering from diabetes, Hypertension and Chronic Kidney disease, a 53-year-old male of Gajapati district, a 59-year-old female of Ganjam district, a 50-year-old female of Ganjam district and a 60-year-old male of Bhadrak district who was also suffering from Diabetes and Hypertension.

Two more Covid positive patients in State died due to other health complications.

Regret to report the demise of 2 Covid positive patients due to other causes.

1. A 75-year old male of Khordha district who expired due to Intra cerebral hemorrhage & brainstem infarction.

2. A 40-year old male of Nayagarh district who expired due to Cancer of Stomach & Lungs.

— H & FW Dept Odisha (@HFWOdisha) July 24, 2020

So far, 14,393 patients have recovered from the disease, while active case count stands at 8148.

(Edited By Devbrat Patnaik)

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