Rayagada: Another patient succumbed to Diarrrhoea in Rayagada district taking the death toll to eight. A total of 33 patients are currently under treatment at different private and government hospitals.
The deceased has been identified as Arjun Majhi of Dengaguda village under Dudukabahal gram panchayat in Kashipur block of the district.
It is pertinent to mention that the Regional Medical and Research Centre (RMRC) had diagnosed the diarrhoea causing bacteria in Kashipur block of Rayagada district as Vibrio Cholera.
Later traces of E.Coli variant and Shigella were found among the samples collected.
A total of seven villages in four gram panchayats of Kashipur block have been affected by the disease. A total of 111 people have been affected till date. The first death was reported on July 09.
