COVID-19 News Updates

The villagers argued with police questioning if it was necessary to wear mask while standing in front of their house.

After undergoing treatment for a week, Shyamghana Panda (83) successfully defeated the virus and was discharged from the hospital yesterday.

Ganjam district collector Vijay Amruta Kulange on Sunday called upon the residents of the district to definitely get tested for Covid before organising or participating in marriage ceremonies. 

Peer-review publication, Clinical Infectious Diseases, has noted that Covaxin demonstrates protection against the new Covid-19 variants.

The Covid-19 graph in Odisha is plateauing even as cases are hovering between 10,000 and 12,000 every day.

Anticipating shortage of beds at hospitals for Covid-19 patients in the Capital city in the wake of the exponential rise in daily positive cases, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has come up with a novel idea to ensure adequate number of beds for the patients.

India recorded 3.11 lakh fresh cases of coronavirus in a day taking the total tally of COVID-19 infections to 2,46,84,077, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday.

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's active Covid cases continue to remain above 1 lakh due a steady surge in fresh infections despite a healthy recovery rate. 

The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 162.1 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.36 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, another tragic incident of the virus breaking family cord came to the fore from Aska area of Ganjam district

Detailing the ramping up of vaccine production, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said, "We will have 51.6 crore vaccine doses by the end of July including the 18 crore doses already administered. Sputnik has been approved."

As the COVID numbers in Odisha continues to raise concern, the capital city, Bhubaneswar saw 1118 persons getting infected with the dreaded disease in the last 24 hours

In a bid to ramp up the vaccination drive against the coronavirus, the Odisha Government has floated a global e-tender for the supply of required Covid-19 vaccines to the State

Chemist shops owners in Bhubaneswar have also admitted to the reports of black marketing of essentials for treatment of Covid-19 and demanded stern action against the hoarders.

A survey shows that in 13 of the 24 Indian states, more Covid cases are reported from the rural area (village and small towns) compare to the urban area