Bhubaneswar: A total of 66 COVID patients, who were under treatment in different COVID hospitals, died due to the deadly coronavirus, informed the Health & Family Welfare Department on Monday.
According to the Health Department, with the latest reports of 66 deaths, the toll due to coronavirus in the State rose to 6,953.
Sambalpur recorded the highest of 12 deaths due to COVID followed by Cuttack(8) and Angul(7), Dhenkanal(5), Balasore(5), Bargarh(4), Bhadrak(4), Jagatsinghpur(4) Khordha(4), Ganjam (2), Kalahandi(2), Kendrapara(2), Sonepur(2), Deogarh(1), Jajpur(1), Jharsuguda(1) and Nayagarh(1).
Details of the confirmed Covid deaths:
Details of cases confirmed as death due to Covid-19, after due completion of death audit process:
1.A 66 years old male of Angul District who was also suffering from Hypertension.
2.A 65 years old male of Angul District.
3.A 70 years old female of Angul District.
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