Rairangpur: The deadly coronavirus claims another COVID warrior, Ashok Kumar Patnaik, Additional SP, Rairangpur of Mayurbhanj district succumbed to COVID-19 while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Bhubaneswar last night.
According to reports, Patnaik had tested positive for the virus on Sep 17 and was admitted to a COVID Hospital in Baripada.
After his condition deteriorated, he was shifted to a COVID hospital in Bhubaneswar.
Later, he breathed his last at the hospital last evening.
Patnaik was the Additional SP in Rairangpur since August 8, 2016.
A pal of gloom descended in outskirts of Rairangpur after his demise.
Ms Kalinga