COVID-19 News Updates

The active caseload has jumped to 5,90,611, accounting for 1.66 per cent of the country's total positive cases.

As per I & PR department, Khordha district reported maximum 1619 cases, followed by Sundergarh (662), Sambalpur (437), and Cuttack (360). A total of eight districts reported Covid-19 cases in three digits in the past 24 hours.

US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 59,766,818 and 837,262, according to the CSSE.

Ganjam Collector Vijay Amruta said the preventive measure was taken to curb the spread of the virus due to gatherings in religious places.

The feature of online appointment for precautionary dose was made operational on the CoWIN portal on Saturday late night. Those eligible to receive precaution dose of Covid vaccines can book online appointment.

The State on Saturday registered 3,679 new positive cases. Of them, 1,223 are from Khurda alone, which is in Red Zone. Sundargarh, which is in Yellow Zone, reported 582 fresh cases and Sambalpur and Cuttack added 372 and 310 cases, respectively. 

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The district accounts for the second highest number of fresh coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours after Khordha.

With the detection of the new cases today, the total number of Omicron cases in the State jumped to 75.

The new regulation will come into effect from Monday and remain until further orders, informed district Sub-Collector, Bhabataran Sahoo on Saturday.

While around 12,000 passengers travelled from BPIA last week, the numbers have come down to 7,000-8,000 in the current week in view of the rising number of Covid-19 cases in Odisha

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As per preliminary reports, all the infected students have been kept under isolation at the hostel and necessary medical assistance is being provided by the civic body. The process of contact tracing has also been initiated by a BMC team.

large numbers of people are standing in long queues on the Grad Road and waiting for their turn to have a glimpse of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra

"Great Going, my Young Friends. Over 2 crore youngsters between the 15-18 age group have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in less than a week of vaccination drive for children," Mandaviya tweeted.