Coronavirus

New Delhi: An octogenarian woman in Delhi and her 90-year-old husband suffering from Alzheimer’s disease have recovered from the coronavirus infection. Both were discharged from a hospital here Thursday. Doctors at a city hospital where the elderly couple were treated said that their recovery from...

Chhatrapur: Keeping in mind the rising number COVID-19 positive cases in Ganjam, the district administration has started swab collection of suspected denizens along with conducting antigen tests. Under this drive, a mobile van was flagged off by Hinjili civic authorities Thursday. Also read: Odisha using rapid,...

Cuttack: Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) Thursday said that 11 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in the city in past 24 hours. Among them, four are home quarantined cases, four are institutional quarantine cases and the rest three have contracted the virus locally, CMC...

Bhubaneswar: A new twist has surfaced in the ongoing investigation of the suicide case of motivational speaker ‘Manab Premi’ Aditya Dash.  Members of Aditya’s organisation ‘Peoples for Service’ have lodged an FIR at GRP police Thursday, alleging Aditya’s death as a pre-planned murder and not...

Bhubaneswar:  Bhubaneswar reported 32 fresh COVID-19 positive cases Thursday, taking the state capital’s tally to 557. Among the new cases, 14 were from quarantine centres and the rest 18 have contracted the virus locally, informed the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) in a tweet. The civic...

Bhubaneswar: After some employees of AIIMS, Bhubaneswar tested positive for COVID-19, the facility is facing a staff crunch. Hence a decision has been taken to suspend services at the Out Patient Department (OPD) from July 10 onwards. This information was given by AIIMS director Dr....

Bhadrak: It was a happy day for five convicts who were serving jail terms for over a decade at Bhadrak Sub-jail. They walked out to freedom Thursday thanks to the state government’s decision to release convicts who have been imprisoned for a long time and...

Burla: With COVID-19 positive cases rising rapidly across Burla area, Sambalpur Muncipal Corporation has enforced a two-day shutdown in Burla NAC areas starting from Thursday. However, no shutdown will be enforced in the VIMSAR campus. On the other hand, ten nurses and five doctors of...

Rayagada: With COVID-19 positive cases rising rapidly across Odisha, the Rayagada district administration has come out with an order Thursday, in which it suspended both private and public bus services along with OSRTC bus services to and from COVID hotspot districts like Ganjam, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Thursday reported 577 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total tally in the state to 11,201. The death toll climbed to 52 with four more people succumbing to the disease. Out of the 577 new cases, 416 were reported from quarantine centres while 161 are...