Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Saturday said that 4,090 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 4,090 persons, 605 are from Khordha, 412 from Puri, 371 from Cuttack, 169 from Bargarh,  160 from Nabarangpur, 155 from Sundargarh,...

Bhubaneswar: As many as 342 new COVID-19 cases were detected under Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) limits in last 24 hours, BMC said Saturday. While 104 of them are quarantine cases, remaining 238 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 421 persons who earlier tested positive for the...

Puri: After Khurda and Cuttack, Puri district is at third spot in the COVID-19 stack both in terms of daily cases and active cases. Puri district Saturday reported 326 fresh cases. With this, the district’s total tally has gone up to 7,913. Of them, 5,777...

Nayagarh: A 98-year-old woman from Nayagarh district recently won the battle against deadly coronavirus. Dealing a pleasant surprise to her doctors and co-patients, the woman came out of the hospital with a smile on her face after recovering from the disease. Parbati Devi, a resident...

Bhubaneswar:  Good news for COVID-19 patients who are struggling with breathing problems. A group of IIIT, Bhubaneswar students has developed a helmet-like ventilation device that will make a difference in treating patients with breathing problems. According to the students-turned-developers, the device has been named as...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Saturday registered 4,209 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 1,75,550. Nine fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 691, Out of the 4,209 new cases, 2,441 were reported from quarantine centres while 1,768 are local contacts....

New Delhi: Continuing with its massive daily spike, India recorded 93,337 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking its overall tally across the 53-lakh mark, data from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare showed Saturday. There were 1,247 deaths in a day as...

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 30.3 million, while the deaths have increased to more than 950,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Saturday morning, the total number of cases stood at 30,395,579 and the fatalities rose to 950,344,...

Researchers have found that Covid-19 may be diagnosed on the same emergency scans intended to diagnose stroke. The findings published in the American Journal of Neuroradiology, have important implications in the management of patients presenting with suspected stroke through early identification of Covid-19. In the...

In a significant breakthrough, researchers have discovered that using Ultraviolet C (UVC) light with a wavelength of 222 nanometres (touted as safer to use around humans) effectively kills the Covid-19 virus. Other studies involving 222 nm UVC, also known as Far-UVC, have so far only...