Tag: Covid 19 Odisha

Bhubaneswar:  Even as chief minister Naveen Patnaik has announced advance release of ration for the first quarter period of April -June to all eligible NFSA (National Food Security Act) beneficiaries in State, a whopping 66 per cent of households eligible under NFSA are yet to receive their share. The lift-off rate by the government is […]

Following the rise in coronavirus cases in Odisha, the State Health Department today informed that COVID-19 testing has begun at the Ispat General Hospital, Rourkela and the Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar.

Bhubaneswar: Even as the Odisha government patted itself for taking many proactive measures to tackle the growing novel coronavirus pandemic in the State, a yawning gap is clearly discernible in State government’s Covid-19 information management. Post a series of flip-flops in releasing Covid-19 information, the State government on Thursday justified the trickledown theory adopted in […]

Bhubaneswar: An emergency Covid-19 alert for Odisha. Novel coronavirus positive is now being detected in patients with severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) in the State. A higher positivity rate here may sound the alarm bell of community transmission of Covid-19. As per a sentinel surveillance carried out by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) […]

Bhubaneswar: Despite Bihar reporting its first positive Covid-19 case nearly a week after Odisha, the total Covid-19 tests conducted in the State stood at nearly 1.75 times more than Odisha. In order to a give a big impetus to State’s Covid-19 testing capacity, the State government visualises a large-scale n-CoV testing in the State in […]

Bhubaneswar:  At a time when the country is struggling with a COVID-19 cure rate of around 8.7 per cent, Odisha today dropped a bombshell. The State Health Department today claimed except two novel coronavirus positive patients, soon other 35 active cases will see a closure in the State. Speaking to media today, National Health Mission […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as Odisha takes a meagre share of below 1 per cent in the country’s Covid-19 pie, the gender divide of novel coronavirus positives in the State presents a bit contrasting scenario vis-a-vis nationally. When the Union Health Ministry recently said only 24 per cent females in the country are Covid-19 positive, the proportion […]

Bhubaneswar: With the number of novel coronavirus cases in the country growing at the rate of 711 per day during the last week (April 5-11), the Union Health Ministry today focused on the number of beds available in the dedicated Covid hospitals across the country. The big revelation surfaced is Gujarat has the single largest […]

Bhubaneswar: With only 31 confirmed COVID-19 cases in its 27 COVID hospitals till Saturday and 24 recovery cases, can Odisha be considered to be in a safe position or still staring at more cases in coming days? Two districts Bhadrak and Puri were declared non-hotspot centres in Odisha by the Centre for not reporting any […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has reported as many as 13 COVID-19 cases in a single day on Monday. The total number of Coronavirus positive cases in the State now stands at 74. The case details show, among the six new cases reported, five are from Jajpur district and one belongs to Sundergarh. Details of #COVID19 positive cases […]

Bhubaneswar: The novel coronavirus is acquiring rural hues in Odisha, of late. It is the rural areas that have boosted up the COVID-19 numbers during the second spurt of COVID cases in the State. As many as nine gram panchayats are now under COVID containment zones. The coming weekend may see more gram panchayats under […]

Bhubaneswar: With the mounting up of COVID-19 count in the State, major worrying trends pop up on the epidemiology chart of novel coronavirus in Odisha. These pop-ups have grave implications on Odisha government’s current anti-COVID strategy. The key emerging COVID trend observed in the State is, of late, many of the new positives detected in […]

Bhubaneswar: The COVID count in Odisha is yet to settle down. The State health department has identified as many 23 COVID-19 suspects during the last 48 hours. The tally of COVID-19 suspects in the State have risen to 44 now. Sources say most of the identified suspects have a contact history with the earlier detected […]

Bhubaneswar: During the forty days lockdown, India’s COVID map has gone through a change. In the last 10-days, new states are emerging as the COVID magnet in country. States with large migrant worker population have risen over the COVID horizon. Odisha now occupies the 4th slot with 96 per cent rise in active nCoV cases. […]

Bhubaneswar: The COVID scenario in Odisha didn’t show any let up in the first week of May, in comparison to April first week. The COVID positive cases per million in the State was mere 0.93 then, the rate has nearly quadrupled to 4.03 in May first week. What seems bothering is, April first week was […]