“Regret to inform the demise of fifteen Covid positive patients while under treatment in hospitals,” tweeted the Health and Family Welfare Department this morning.
The deceased included 11 males and four females. While four patients died in Sundargarh, three succumbed in Khurda, two in Keonjhar and one each died in Angul, Bolangir, Cuttack, Ganjam, Jharsuguda and Sambalpur districts, according to the department.
The deceased are: A 56-year-old male of Angul district, a 73-year-old male of Balangir district, a 65-year-old female and a 69-year-old male of Bhubaneswar, a 52-year-old female of Cuttack, a 48-year-old female of Ganjam, a 55-year-old male of Jharsuguda, a 40-year-old male of Khordha, a 70-year-old male and a 50-year-old male of Keonjhar, a 74-year-old male of Sambalpur and a 91-year-old male, a 77-year-old male, a 59-year-old female and a 62-year-old male of Sundargarh district.