Tag: Covid Death Toll

One does not have to be a grave-digger to know that the current official death toll in Odisha is a gross understatement and the actual number of deaths is several times higher.

The Covid crisis in Odisha has refused to relent as a record 42 persons succumbed in the last 24 hours. The state has witnessed more than 80 fatalities in just two days, even as the fresh Covid-19 cases continue to remain below 9K for the fourth consecutive day.

While daily infections in Odisha continued to hover over 8k, the virus has claimed as many as 37 lives in the last 24 hours - the most in a day since the onset of the pandemic. The state's TPR stood at 14%.

Odisha on Wednesday saw its highest single day fatalities due to Covid infection, ever since the pandemic outbreak. As many as 25 patients succumbed to the contagious disease during the period pushing the death toll in the state to 2,403.

India recorded 4,205 Covid19 deaths in the past 24 hours - the highest ever single-day toll for the country that has been severely battered by the second wave of the pandemic.

Bhubaneswar: As estimated, July is turning out to be most critical period for Odisha in the ongoing Covid19 pandemic especially following the return of over 5 lakh people from other states after relaxation of lockdown in May. After recording 29 deaths till July 3,  State’s Covid toll has more than doubled to reach 61 in […]

Bhubaneswar: As Covid-19 continues to take a toll, another ‘Corona Warrior’ from a popular Odia news daily has succumbed to the virus. Odia newspaper, ‘the Samaja’s correspondent from Hinjilicut in Ganjam district died while undergoing treatment, informed the media house. The deceased, Priyadarshi Pattnaik was undergoing treatment at a Covid hospital in Bhubaneswar. He was […]

Bhubaneswar: As many as 1320 new coronavirus cases were reported in the last 24 hours in Odisha, taking the State’s COVID-19 tally to 24013 on Saturday. This is for the third consecutive day that State continued to register 1200-plus COVID-19 cases. Ganjam district reported highest of 560 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours […]

Bhubaneswar: A five-month-old boy is among three patients who succumbed to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours in Odisha. The deceased infant hailed from Rayagada district, Health and Family Welfare Department informed on Monday. Apart from the 5-month-old, two more COVID-19 deaths have been reported in the State during the period – one in Bhubaneswar […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported one more COVID-19 death on Saturday, the day which saw the nation-wide rollout of the much-awaited vaccine by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. As per State Health and Family Welfare Department, a 43 years old male Covid positive patient of Sundergarh district died in the past 24 hours, taking the COVID-19 death toll […]