Tag: Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: Covid-19 related fatalities continue to rise in Odisha with 13 more persons succumbing to the infections in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 669. On the other hand, the State reported 4,241 new positive cases, pushing the tally to 1,67,161. Of the new cases reported from across 30 districts, 2,502 were […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Thursday set a milestone by conducting plasma administration to a total of 1,000 patients suffering from Covid-19 in the State. Congratulating the doctors and health workers for their efforts in the fight the pandemic, the Health and Family Welfare department took to the Twitter and said, “It’s an admirable achievement for the […]

Bhubaneswar: As coronavirus cases continue to explode in Odisha with over 4000 positives every day, the current scenario indicates that the State is going through a peak, while experts believe the Covid curve might start plateauing in next two months. So far, the progression of the disease has been quite uneven if districts, corporations, cities […]

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has crossed the 30 million mark, while the deaths have increased to more than 944,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Friday morning, the total number of cases stood at 30,065,728 and the fatalities rose to 944,604, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering […]

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally raced past 52 lakh with 96,424 people testing positive in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease rose to 41,12,551 on Friday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases mounted to 52,14,677, while the death toll climbed to 84,372 with […]

Varanasi: A study conducted by top genetic experts has revealed that Indians should be thankful to their genes for tiding over the Covid pandemic with a relatively lesser mortality rate as compared to the US and European nations. A team comprising distinguished genetic experts from six institutions, led by Prof Gyaneshwer Chaubey of the Banaras […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha saw another single-day spike of 4000-plus COVID-19 cases as 4,180 more people tested positive for the virus in the last 24 hours. With this, the State’s coronavirus tally reached 171341 on Friday, informed I&PR department. The state had reported its biggest daily spike of 4,270 coronavirus cases on September 15. As per the […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is now witnessing a peak in COVID-19 cases. However, the respite is that over 70 per cent of the positive cases are now in home isolation, informed National Health Mission (NHM) Director, Shalini Pandit on Friday. According to Pandit, Odisha is in a better position compared to other States in the country as […]

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 30.3 million, while the deaths have increased to more than 950,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Saturday morning, the total number of cases stood at 30,395,579 and the fatalities rose to 950,344, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed […]

New Delhi: Continuing with its massive daily spike, India recorded 93,337 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking its overall tally across the 53-lakh mark, data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare showed on Saturday. There were 1,247 deaths in a day as 53,08,014 cases were registered with India remaining just behind […]

Bhubaneswar: Covid-19 cases continue to surge in Odisha as nine more deaths and 4,209 new positive cases were reported in the last 24 hours. With this, the Covid-19 death toll in the State rose to 691, while the cumulative caseload jumped to 1,75,550, including 37,239 active cases and 1,37,567 recoveries till Saturday, informed the State […]

New Delhi: Supreme Court benches would sit one hour late from their schedule time in the morning on Monday as many staffers have tested positive for coronavirus, sources said. They…

New Delhi: The government on Sunday said a total of 32,238 paramilitary personnel were infected by the Coronavirus so far. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said in Lok Sabha that 9,158 personnel of the CRPF, 8,934 personnel of the BSF, 5,544 personnel of the CISF, 3,380 personnel of the ITBP, 3,251 personnel […]

Bhubaneswar: At a time when the Odisha government is making tall claims on successful handling of Covid-19 pandemic till date, the mismanagement allegations that have come to the fore from several parts of the State tell a different story. While many have alleged delay in availing COVID-19 test reports, some being faulty increasing the possibility […]

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has completed the second round of the countrywide serological survey (serosurvey) to detect the prevalence of the COVID-19 disease and its analysis is underway in the final stage, the ICMR informed on Sunday. The apex body of medical research in the country added that the ongoing […]