COVID-19 News Updates

The Chief Minister's positive result comes as Karnataka reported 2,042 new Covid cases and two deaths in the last 24 hours.

Several girl students of a school in Rayagada have tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday. 

The death toll climbed to 5,26,600 with 70 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated.

87 per cent (2.84 cr) people in the State are yet to take booster shots. Only 42,70,487 have taken the precaution doses

The death toll has climbed to 5,26,357 with 39 more fatalities

Fully vaccinated and twice boosted, the President took Paxlovid, an antiviral therapy produced by Pfizer and given to patients with Covid-19.

In the same period, 47 more deaths took the toll to 5,26,258.

The active cases comprise 0.33 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.47 per cent, the ministry said.

Wuhan, a city of 12 million people, became popular across the world as the first place where scientists detected the Covid-19.

"My symptoms were mild, my recovery was quick and I'm feeling great," Biden said on Wednesday in remarks from the Rose Garden.

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Khordha district reported the highest number of fresh infections at 316, followed by 261 in Sundargarh. 

The death toll due to the viral disease has gone up to 5,26,110 with 57 more fatalities, according to the ministry's data updated at 8 am.

According to data from the Department of Health, there were 5,433 Covid-19 patients currently hospitalised, up from 5,001 a week earlier, reports Xinhua news agency.

The death toll due to the disease has climbed to 5,26,110 with 36 new fatalities being recorded, the data updated at 8 am showed.