Fresh cases of dengue have been reported mostly from Kandhamal district, where a patient was detected dengue positive at the district headquarters hospital at Phulbani yesterday, said a senior official of the Dengue monitoring cell here.
Of the 256 sample blood tests carried out across government hospitals in the state yesterday, 53 patients were detected as dengue positive.
With this, the total number of dengue patients in the state went up to 2,370, the official said.
The latest death report came from the Kalinga Nagar area in Jajpur district on Friday last, the official added.