Coronavirus

Angul: Entry to Angul district has been restricted for those who are returning from Jajpur and Ganjam districts. Collector Manoj Kumar Mohanty said this move is to check the spread of COVID-19 cases in the district. The number of COVID-19 cases is on the rise...

Berhampur: At a time when COVID-19 cases are exponentially increasing in Ganjam district, Berhampur circle jail has so far reported 17 COVID-19 positive cases. With the district accounting for 38 per cent of the state’s COVID-19 tally, the situation in the district has been grim...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Saturday reported 570 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 12,526. The death toll in the state reached 61 with five additional deaths, said the Health and Family Welfare department. https://twitter.com/HFWOdisha/status/1281823749898002432 Out of the 570 new cases, 384 were...

New Delhi: With a record single-day increase of 27,114 cases, India's COVID-19 tally zoomed past the eight-lakh mark Saturday, just four days after crossing the seven-lakh post, according to health ministry data. The total coronavirus caseload in the country surged to 8,20,916 Saturday while the...

Washington: The overall number of global COVID-19 cases has surged to over 12.4 million, while the deaths have increased to more than 559,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Saturday morning, the total number of cases stood at 12,461,962, while the fatalities rose...

Geneva: Maria Van Kerkhove, technical lead on the COVID-19 pandemic at the WHO, said Friday that airborne transmission of the new coronavirus had always been a concern but that droplets appeared to be the most common infection route. “Aerosol transmission is one of the modes...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha health department Friday said that 565 persons who earlier tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered and are being discharged. Out of the 565 persons, 185 are from Ganjam, 85 from Rayagada, 45 from Bolangir, 32 from Cuttack, 30 from Malkangiri, 24 from Bargarh,...

Mumbai: In a bid to control the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) in Maharashtra's Thane district has rolled out a new pattern found successful in one region, officials said. The pattern is derived from its success in Turbhe region...

New York: Scientists have developed a "catch and kill" air filter that can trap the virus responsible for Covid-19, killing it instantly. A study, published in the journal Materials Today Physics, found that 99.8 per cent of the Covid-19 virus was killed in a single...

Bhubaneswar:  Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) Friday said that 45 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in past 24 hours. While 35 of them are quarantine cases, remaining 10 are local contact ones. Six people were cured during the same timeframe. "Further...