Tag: Covid 19

The death toll has climbed to 5,26,357 with 39 more fatalities

Fully vaccinated and twice boosted, the President took Paxlovid, an antiviral therapy produced by Pfizer and given to patients with Covid-19.

In the same period, 47 more deaths took the toll to 5,26,258.

Wuhan, a city of 12 million people, became popular across the world as the first place where scientists detected the Covid-19.

"My symptoms were mild, my recovery was quick and I'm feeling great," Biden said on Wednesday in remarks from the Rose Garden.

According to data from the Department of Health, there were 5,433 Covid-19 patients currently hospitalised, up from 5,001 a week earlier, reports Xinhua news agency.

Odisha is currently witnessing a steep rise in the daily Covid-19 cases with 1130 new positive cases being reported from different parts of the state in the past 24 hours.

With the fresh addition, the State’s Covid-19 tally has increased to 13,04,369.

The active cases account for 0.34 per cent of the total caseload, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded at 98.46 per cent

As per the data shared by the Odisha government’s I &PR department, 164 cases were detected in 0-18 year age group, while 658 and 464 cases were reported in quarantine and local contacts respectively.

In an official order issued by BeMC Commissioner J Sonal on July 18, residents of BeMC area and those visiting the city have been advised to wear face masks appropriately while in public places.

Speaking to media, Panigrahi said, "Odisha has a stock of only 2.21 lakh Covishield jabs. Except Bhubaneswar, all the districts were supplied with Covishield for the vaccination drive. So we need more Covishield vaccine for the booster dose."

It also directed the grievance redressal committee to decide the application of the claimant within four weeks.

According to a report, hundreds of people thronged at the centre from as early as 5 am today morning to get booster dose.

In the same period, 56 fatalities took the nationwide death toll to 5,25,660.