<p>Bhubaneswar: Two more persons have died of diarrhoea in Odisha’s Jajpur district, taking the death toll to 13, a health official said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The latest casualties were reported from Vyasanagar area in the district.</p>.<p>Additional Director of Health Services (Leprosy) Khestra Mohan Kanda said the patients were brought to Vyasanagar hospital on Tuesday night in critical condition.</p>.<p>"They arrived at the hospital severely dehydrated and died within half an hour of admission," Kanda informed.</p>.10 arrested in gang rape of 20-year-old woman at Odisha beach.<p>According to Bijay Mishra, Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) of Jajpur, 37 new diarrhoea patients were admitted to various hospitals in the district on Wednesday.</p>.<p>A total of 196 patients are currently undergoing treatment at different healthcare facilities in Jajpur, he added.</p>.<p>Mishra informed that of 49 samples from the district sent to a laboratory for testing in two phases, 16 were found cholera-positive.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, central team members held discussions with officials of the state health department and panchayati raj and drinking water department on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The outbreak, which began as a diarrhoeal illness in Jajpur on June 9, has now spread to other districts, including Dhenkanal, Bhadrak, Keonjhar, and Cuttack.</p>.<p>Sporadic cases have also been reported from additional districts, officials said.</p>.<p>Following the spread of the disease to five districts, the government has put all the collectors on alert, asking them to take preventive measures.</p>.<p>On the other hand, municipal authorities in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack continued to conduct raids at food stalls and packaged water supply units to check the quality. </p>
<p>Bhubaneswar: Two more persons have died of diarrhoea in Odisha’s Jajpur district, taking the death toll to 13, a health official said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The latest casualties were reported from Vyasanagar area in the district.</p>.<p>Additional Director of Health Services (Leprosy) Khestra Mohan Kanda said the patients were brought to Vyasanagar hospital on Tuesday night in critical condition.</p>.<p>"They arrived at the hospital severely dehydrated and died within half an hour of admission," Kanda informed.</p>.10 arrested in gang rape of 20-year-old woman at Odisha beach.<p>According to Bijay Mishra, Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO) of Jajpur, 37 new diarrhoea patients were admitted to various hospitals in the district on Wednesday.</p>.<p>A total of 196 patients are currently undergoing treatment at different healthcare facilities in Jajpur, he added.</p>.<p>Mishra informed that of 49 samples from the district sent to a laboratory for testing in two phases, 16 were found cholera-positive.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, central team members held discussions with officials of the state health department and panchayati raj and drinking water department on Wednesday.</p>.<p>The outbreak, which began as a diarrhoeal illness in Jajpur on June 9, has now spread to other districts, including Dhenkanal, Bhadrak, Keonjhar, and Cuttack.</p>.<p>Sporadic cases have also been reported from additional districts, officials said.</p>.<p>Following the spread of the disease to five districts, the government has put all the collectors on alert, asking them to take preventive measures.</p>.<p>On the other hand, municipal authorities in Bhubaneswar and Cuttack continued to conduct raids at food stalls and packaged water supply units to check the quality. </p>