COVID-19 News Updates

The active cases in Odisha remained at 13,516 while 9,63,718 patients have recovered from the disease so far.

Single day rise of 42,982 COVID-19 infections, 533 fatalities push India's tally of cases to 3,18,12,114, death toll to 4,26,290

US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 35,331,699 and 614,803, respectively, according to the CSSE.

As per SUTRA model creator Prof Agarwal, the contact rate or the Rt value in the country need to be brought down to 0.33 -0.35. This will then prevent the third wave. The Rt value in over 15-districts in Odisha is in the range of 0.9-1.5. No single district has Rt value of around 0.5

All religious institutions and places of worship under the Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) will reopen from tomorrow (August 5).

Thanking people for their cooperation during the second wave of COVID-19, CM Naveen warned that irresponsible Covid behaviour will only lead to a complete lockdown once again

To expedite testing, the government has decided to set up 14 dedicated RT-PCR laboratories in various districts of the State

According to Union Health Ministry's data, India's active caseload of COVID-19 rises to 4,10,353 with 42,625 new cases.

The Department of Biotechnology under the Ministry of Science and Technology has launched 'Mission COVID Suraksha- the Indian COVID-19 Vaccine Development Mission'.

Further, in order to supplement the availability of Remdesivir manufactured in the country, the export of Remdesivir injection and Remdesivir API (Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient) was prohibited from April 11, 2021.

All departments of the State government and sub-ordinate offices in the State shall function with full strength of employees with effect from August, 2, 2021 until further orders. 

DMET (Directorate of Medical Education and Training) director Dr CBK Mohanty today said that the third wave may not make any impact in Odisha due to mass vaccination

A total of 30,548 fresh Covid-19 cases with 422 deaths were registered across  India on Tuesday

Covid positive tally in Odisha also rose to 9,80,866 after as many as 1,129 people tested positive for the virus on Tuesday

US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 35,129,562 and 613,670, respectively, according to the CSSE.