TNI Bureau: Two more people succumbed to dengue on Sunday in Odisha, taking the death toll to five. One person Biswajit Mohanty (27) died at the SCB Medical College and Hospital. In Bhubaneswar, a CRPF jawan, Chandra Maleshawar (Bihar) also died of dengue.
The number of dengue positive cases has now gone up to 575. Nimatpur village of Bhogarai block in Balasore district, reported 108 positive cases, sending shockwaves in the region. Most of the dengue patients hail from Ganjam and Balasore.