Odisha reports Second Omicron death

Odisha on Thursday reported its first and the country's second confirmed Omicron-related death. The central government, less than 24 hours earlier, had said that the death of a 72-year-old man from Rajasthan's Udaipur has been counted as the country's first "Omicron death".

In Odisha, the state's first Omicron-related



death has come to light in the Balangir district. The deceased has been identified as a 55-year-old woman who died at the Veer Surendra Sai Institute Of Medical Sciences And Research (VIMSAR) in Burla in Sambalpur district on December 27.

The woman, a resident of Agalpur village, had no prior travel history to a foreign country.