Odisha reports 264 fresh infections of COVID-19

The COVID-19 case count in Odisha reached 6,614 on Sunday with 264 fresh infections and the death toll rose to 21 after three more people succumbed to the disease, a health department official said. The deceased persons include a 73-year-old man from Bhubaneswar, who was suffering from diabetes, hypertension and chronic kidney ailments; a 65-year-old man from



Cuttack and a 75-year-old man from Ganjam, both of whom had diabetes and hypertension, the official said. 

As many as 137 patients recovered from the highly infectious disease on Sunday, taking the number of cured persons to 4,743, which is 71.71 per cent of the total COVID-19 cases in the state. The state has 1,843 active cases. he said.