COVID-19 News Updates

Sarangi is the third Lok Sabha member of the saffron party from Odisha to have contracted the disease

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,30,94,529, while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.33 per cent.

US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 43,658,910 and 700,959, according to the CSSE.

The next phase of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from March 1 for people over 60 years and those aged 45 and above with specified co-morbid conditions.

The Health Department will keep a close watch on the rush and crowd during Puja times and put emphasis on the enforcement of Covid appropriate behaviour

A total of 14,29,258 tests were conducted on Friday, taking the total cumulative tests conducted so far for detection of COVID-19 in the country to 57,19,94,990.

Nations with a death toll of over 100,000 are Brazil (597,255), India (448,339), Mexico (277,507), Russia (204,424), Peru (199,367), Indonesia (142,026), the UK (137,171), Italy (130,921), Iran (120,428), Colombia (126,336), France (117,525) and Argentina (115,225).

Applying a tit-for-tat strategy, India on Friday decided to impose reciprocal Covid-19 restrictions on UK nationals arriving in the country.

Odisha Health Director Bijay Mohapatra urged the people in the State to get double doses of vaccines at the earliest as the effect of post-Covid effects on the fully vaccinated people are less.

With the administration of 64,40,451 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India's overall Covid inoculation coverage has reached 89,02,08,007, as per provisional reports as of 7 a.m. on Friday.

This week, the highest numbers of new cases were reported from India (204,582 new cases; 14.8 new cases per 100,000; similar to last week's figures), Thailand (85,143 new cases; 122.0 new cases per 100,000; a 10 per cent decrease), and Indonesia (17,250 new cases; 6.3 new cases per 100,000; a 26 per cent decrease).

Nations with a death toll of over 100,000 are Brazil (596,749), India (448,062), Mexico (276,973), Peru (199,367), Russia (203,549), Indonesia (141,939), the UK (137,043), Italy (130,921), Colombia (126,299), Iran (120,428), France (117,474) and Argentina (115,179).

DMET Chief CBK Mohanty appealed people to adhere to the Covid-19 guidelines strictly during the crucial festival time to keep the pandemic under control

According to the Union Health Ministry's data, the active cases in the country stand at 2,77,020, which is 0.82 per cent of the total positive cases so far in the

The state now has 5,513 active COVID-19 cases while 10,12,116 patients including 634 on Tuesday have so far recovered from the highly infectious disease.