COVID-19 News Updates

As per the data shared by the Odisha government’s I &PR department, 164 cases were detected in 0-18 year age group, while 658 and 464 cases were reported in quarantine and local contacts respectively.

In an official order issued by BeMC Commissioner J Sonal on July 18, residents of BeMC area and those visiting the city have been advised to wear face masks appropriately while in public places.

Of the total 945 new cases, 110 cases have been detected within the age group of 0-18 years. While 392 are local contact cases, 553 are detected from quarantine. 

The active caseload has marginally declined to 1,43,654 cases, accounting for 0.33 per cent of the country's total positive cases.

However, a significantly lower percentage of the people have taken the third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, he added.

Speaking to media, Panigrahi said, "Odisha has a stock of only 2.21 lakh Covishield jabs. Except Bhubaneswar, all the districts were supplied with Covishield for the vaccination drive. So we need more Covishield vaccine for the booster dose."

Meanwhile, the Daily Positivity rate has declined to 4.58 per cent, while the Weekly Positivity Rate currently stands at 6.48 per cent.

It took 277 days to reach the earlier milestone of 100 crore doses.

With the detection of the new cases, the Covid-19 active cases tally has now reached 5696.

The active caseload has also risen to 1,43,449 cases, accounting for 0.33 per cent of the country's total positive cases.

The BMC has ordered the fuel refilling stations to not sell fuel to those customers who turn up without wearing a face mask/face cover appropriately. The fuel station owners are also directed to put proper signage in the appropriate place for information of all

According to a report, hundreds of people thronged at the centre from as early as 5 am today morning to get booster dose.

In the same period, 56 fatalities took the nationwide death toll to 5,25,660.

As per the data shared by the Odisha government’s I &PR department, 1065 new Covid-19 cases were reported from different parts of the state in the past 24 hours.

According to Swaminathan, all new Covid variants in the future will be more transmissible and capable of evading immunity that can result in increased illness and hospitalisations.