“Regret to inform the demise of ten Covid19 positive patients while under treatment in hospitals,” tweeted the Health and Family Welfare Department.
The deceased included eight males and two females. While four persons died in Khordha district, one each succumbed in Bargarh, Cuttack, Ganjam, Puri, Rayagada and Sundargarh districts.
Among the deceased, seven were also suffering from diabetes or/and other diseases while the rest three had no other health complexities.
According to the H & FW Department, the deceased have been identified as 42-year-old male of Bargarh district was also suffering from diabetes, hypertension & chronic kidney disease, 68-year-old male of Bhubaneswar was also suffering from diabetes and hypertension, 65-year-old male of Bhubaneswar was also suffering from diabetes, 60-year-old male of Cuttack district, 85-year-old male of Ganjam district was suffering from uncontrolled diabetes, hypertension and coronary artery disease, 50-year-old female of Khordha district was also suffering from diabetes and hypertension, 70-year-old male of Khordha district, 60-year-old female of Puri district was suffering from diabetes, hypertension and an old cerebrovascular accident, 39-year-old male of Rayagada district and 52-year-old male of Sundargarh district was suffering from uncontrolled diabetes, hypertension and chronic kidney disease.