COVID-19 News Updates

According to sources, a total of 7671 samples were tested in the last 24 hours of which 542 came positive. 

According to the Italian Ministry of Health, the country recorded 27,982 new positive cases during April 14 and 20, compared to the previous week (21,779).

With the detection of 502 new cases of Covid infections, the active caseload in Odisha now stands at 2,926.

The study, led by Vipin M. Vashishtha, member of WHO's Vaccine Safety Net, is based on 25 children seen in OPD of a paediatric hospital in Uttar Pradesh between April 4-16.

With the detection of 489 fresh cases of Covid-19 infections, the total active case tally in Odisha has now reached 2697. Official sources informed that 203 Covid-19 positive patients recovered from the disease in the past 24 hours.

XBB.1.16 is a descendent lineage of XBB, a recombinant of two BA.2 descendent lineages. XBB.1.16 was first reported on January 9, this year and designated a variant under monitoring (VUM) on March 22.

Meanwhile, India witnessed a total number of 11,692 cases in the last 24 hours and with this addition, the active number of cases reached 66,170 in the country.

The researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) in Japan report that increased "fucose" digestion by bacteria in the gut before vaccination was associated with lower numbers of T-cells activated by vaccination.

As per medical experts, Omicron sub-variant XBB.1.16 could be driving the surge in Covid cases.

According to sources in the know of things, Mishra advised officials to ensure operational readiness of hospital infrastructure till the sub-district level.

The vaccine doses have been arranged in view of the rise in Covid-19 cases in many countries around the world as well in some states within the country.

The daily positivity rate is 8.40 per cent and the weekly positivity Rate is 4.94 per cent.

As per the health department officials, around 5931 samples were tested in different districts of the state. With 308 new Covid cases, the total number of active cases in the state now stands at 1505.

In the last 24 hours, India reported 27 Covid-19 deaths, the highest single-day fatalities in the past six months, according to official figures issued by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday.

According to the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, sudden sensorineural hearing loss - also known as sudden deafness - occurs when you lose your hearing very quickly, typically only in one ear.