Bhubaneswar: As many as 75 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in last 24 hours bringing the total number of infections so far in Odisha to 2,856, official data suggested Sunday.
Nine persons have died due to COVID-19 in the state till date, while two others who tested positive died of other reasons.
“Regret to inform that a 55-year-old male patient of Ganjam, who had tested positive for Covid, has passed away, while under treatment in hospital. He was suffering from Tuberculosis and other co-morbidities,” state health department said.
Regret to inform that a 55 year old male patient of Ganjam, who had tested positive for Covid, has passed away, while under treatment in hospital.
He was suffering from Tuberculosis and other comorbidities.
— H & FW Dept Odisha (@HFWOdisha) June 7, 2020
According to Department of Information and Public Relations (I&PR) of the state government, out of the 75 infections, 72 were reported from quarantine centres and 3 were local cases.
The state government data as of Sunday suggests that 2,856 people have so far been tested positive for COVID-19 in the state out of which 1,129 cases are active, 1,716 have recovered and nine persons have died. Two persons, who were diagnosed with COVID-19 died of co-morbidities while under treatment.
Meanwhile, 2,856 samples were tested in the state in the last 24 hours taking the total number of RT-PCR tests to 1,76,098.
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