Coronavirus

Kozhikode: One of the 18 passengers, who died when an Air India Express flight from Dubai crashed landed at the airport here, has tested positive for COVID-19. Higher Education Minister K T Jaleel told the media that samples of the passenger, Sudheer Varyath (45), were...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Saturday reported 1,643 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 44,193. 12 more deaths took the death toll in the state to 259. Out of the 1,643 new cases, 1,018 were reported from quarantine centres while 625 are local...

Rourkela: The rising cases of COVID-19 have become a major concern for jail authorities in the state. Seventeen more inmates in the Rourkela special jail tested positive for the virus Thursday. Following the detection of the fresh infections, all the inmates of the jail have...

New Delhi: There were 61,537 more novel coronavirus cases in India, taking the tally to 20,88,611 Saturday, while the death toll rose to 42,518 with 933 more fatalities, the Health Ministry said. The number of recoveries surged to 14,27,005 and the recovery rate rose to...

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 19.2 million, while the deaths have increased to over 719,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Saturday morning, the total number of cases stood at 19,295,350 and the fatalities rose to 719,805, the...

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has asked states and UTs to take up coronavirus testing of grocery shop workers, vegetable and other vendors, stating if undetected they can potentially spread the infection to a large number of people. In a letter to states and...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Friday said that a record 1,810 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 1,810 persons, 700 are from Ganjam, 202 from Khurdha, 147 from Cuttack, 136 from Gajapati, 116 from Dhenkanal, 106...

New Delhi: The research team of top Israeli defence scientists and health experts on Friday returned home after collecting thousands of samples from Covid-19 patients in India. The research team from the Directorate for Defense Research and Development, Ministry of Defense, accompanied by scientists from...

Bhubaneswar:  Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Friday said that 101 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in past 24 hours. While 52 of them were reported from quarantine centres, remaining 49 are local contact ones. Meanwhile, 106 persons who earlier tested positive...

Digapahandi: Playing ‘kabaddi’ proved costly for 16 youths of various localities here in Ganjam district after they were booked Friday for breaking COVID-19 norms. Informing about the case, Digapahandi IIC Basant Kumar Sethy said that on the basis of the FIR lodged by Digapahandi tehsildar-cum-executive...