Tag: Covid 19 Cases

Odisha's COVID-19 tally has witnessed a steep spike with detection of 10 more positive cases. Seven of these fresh cases are from Ganjam district while three others belong to capital city Bhubaneswar which had reported no cases for more than a week. With a total of 34 new cases in the last 24 hours, the State's tally has gone up to 219. While there are 165 active cases, 62 have recovered.

Bhubaneswar: A whopping 20 new COVID-19 cases were reported from Odisha on Thursday taking the total number of SARS-nCoV cases in the State to 205, informed State Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) Department. This is the highest one-day spike in the State till date. Ganjam has now begun to feel the heat of COVID outbreak […]

Bhubaneswar: In order to augment capacities for isolation of both suspect and confirmed COVID-19 cases amid the steep rise of SARS-nCoV infection, the Indian Railways is all set to provide healthcare facilities of COVID Care Centres in special train coaches. Under the initiative, the Railways has announced to provide Covid care at two stations. As […]

Washington: China continues to hide and obfuscate COVID-19 data from the world, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said, asserting that he has seen a significant amount of evidence suggesting that a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan was “underperforming” and the virus may well have emanated from there. By Friday, more than […]

Washington: The global COVID-19 death toll has surpassed the 270,000 mark, while the number of cases from across the world was nearing 4 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Saturday morning, the global death toll stood 274,898, the university’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed in its latest update. The […]

New Delhi: World Health Organisation’s Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Monday commended India for keeping the coronavirus cases and deaths very low compared to other countries and said it will play an important role in the development of a vaccine for COVID-19. She said the whole world has to be prepared for the ongoing transmission […]

Cuttack: Odisha’s COVID-19 count reached 1,100 in no time and the number is expected to rise to 10,000 by June, informed the technical spokesperson of Odisha Health Department, Jayanta Panda on Thurday. According to Panda, the spike in COVID-19 cases was anticipated in view of the return of migrants from several hotspot States. “Despite the […]

Bhubaneswar: With 86 new cases in the last 24 hours, the number of COVID-19 cases in Odisha rose to 1189, informed State Health and Family Welfare Department today. While the active COVID-19 cases in Odisha stood to 789, the death toll remained at 7 and recoveries stood at 393. Of the new cases, while 46 […]

Bhubaneswar: Coronavirus has now spread its tentacles to 26 districts in Odisha as Gajapati and Nabarangpur reported their maiden COVID-19 cases on Saturday. According to the Health and Family Welfare Department, 80 positive cases were reported in Odisha in the last 24 hours taking the total number of cases to 1269. One case was detected in […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 53 more COVID-19 patients recovered from the disease on Sunday, taking the total number of recovery cases in Odisha to 550, informed the State Health and Family Welfare Department. The COVID-19 recovered persons are from Ganjam (30), Jajpur (18), Khurda (3) and Keonjhar (2). 53 #Covid19 patients recover in #Odisha 30 […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 103 persons have tested positive for COVID-19 in Odisha, in what is said to be the highest-ever single-day spike of cases recorded in the State. As per the Health and Family Welfare Department, the total coronavirus cases in the State has mounted to 1438 with 881 active cases, 550 recoveries and […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha is maintaining a healthy recovery rate as for a straight 3rd day, the recoveries outnumbered the new coronavirus cases. A total of 75 patients recovered today from the contagious disease, taking the total number of recoveries to 887. The current active cases stand at 766. On Thursday, maximum recoveries were reported from Jajpur […]

Bargarh: Six more persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Bargarh on Saturday, taking the total number of cases in the district to eight. Of the six cases, all males, four positives detected from Bheden and two from Bhatli block, informed Bargarh district Collector, Jyoti Ranjan Pradhan. Five persons have travel history while one is a […]