COVID-19: Odisha reports 6th death, 74 new cases take state’s total to 1052

Bhubaneswar: 74 persons tested positive and one died as Odisha’s total COVID-19 tally shot up to 1052 Wednesday.

The deceased, sixth in the state, has been identified as a 70-year-old man of Khordha district. He had history of comorbidity of hypertension and was admitted to AIIMS-Bhubaneswar today with respiratory distress. The septuagenarian breathed his last while undergoing treatment.

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72 pf the 74 fresh cases reported were detected from quarantine centres while two are local cases, official sources said. The number of active COVID-19 cases in the state now stands at 739 with 307 recoveries so far.

PNN