Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: As many as 290 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Sunday. While 79 of them are quarantine cases, remaining 211 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 352 persons who earlier tested positive for the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 2,546 new cases of coronavirus infection in the state in last 24 hours, state I&PR Department said in a tweet Sunday. Out of the new positive cases, 1,504 persons were in quarantine while the remaining contracted the disease after coming in contact...

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally of cases raced past 70 lakh, 13 days after it had crossed the 60-lakh mark, while the national recovery rate stood at 86.17 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Sunday. The COVID-19 caseload mounted to 70,53,806 with 74,383 infections being reported in a day....

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 37 million mark, while the deaths have soared to nearly 1,071,400, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Sunday morning, the total number of cases stood at 37,087,467 and the fatalities increased to 1,071,399,...

Being a man, having a lower income, a lower level of education, not being married, and being born in low-or middle-income countries -- these are factors that relate to an elevated risk of dying from COVID-19, warn researchers. "We can show that there are independent...

As the world waits eagerly for an effective vaccine against the COVID-19 virus, researchers are also focusing on better understanding of how the virus attacks the body in the quest for other means of stopping its devastating impact. The key to one possibility -- blocking...

Washington:  A Trump administration official leading the response to the coronavirus pandemic says the US can expect delivery of a vaccine starting in January 2021, despite statements from the president that inoculations could begin this month. And a growing, bipartisan chorus of lawmakers, experts and...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Saturday said that 3,885 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 3,885 persons, 1,143 are from Khordha, 325 from Cuttack, 193 from Puri, 159 from Jharsuguda, 133 from Balasore, 129 from Mayurbhanj,...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 321 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Saturday. While 83 of them are quarantine cases, remaining 238 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 331 persons who earlier tested positive for the...

Cuttack: As many as 92 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) limits in last 24 hours, CMC said Saturday. While 26 of them were home quarantine cases, 26 were from institutional quarantine centres and the remaining 40 were local contact ones....