Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has confirmed 30 deaths out of 147 allegations due to sunstroke.
“As cumulative, during this summer, 147 cases of alleged sunstroke death have been reported and 30 have been confirmed, 20 cases are not due to sunstroke and 97 cases are pending with the Collectors for inquiry,” a press release from the Special Relief Commissioner said.
A total of 141 alleged sunstroke death cases have been reported by the Collectors out till June 2, of which 26 cases are confirmed due to sunstroke and 8 cases are not due to sunstroke.
“During last 24 hours, 6 alleged sunstroke death cases have been reported by the Collectors. 4 sunstroke death cases have been confirmed and 12 cases were reported as not due to sun stroke death out of the list pending with the districts,” the release said.
