The deceased, a 68-year-old man from Puri district, was also suffering from chronic kidney disease and benign prostatic hyperplasia, the Health Department said.
This list does not reflect deaths occurring on a particular day. It gives details of past deaths for which the death audit process has been duly completed and the cause of death has been identified as due to Covid-19, the Health Department said.
With this, the death toll of the State due to Covid-19 reached to 8, 423.