Dikhyaa Mohanty 
Out of 147 claims, the Odisha government has verified 30 deaths attributed 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.
Up until June 2, the Collectors reported 141 suspected cases of sunstroke-related deaths. Of those, 26 cases had sunstroke as the cause of death and 8 did not.
“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.
