Indian Navy’s 150 bed COVID Care Centre opened in Odisha’s Khurda 

Khurda, May 7: Khurda Collector Sanat Kumar Mohanty on Friday inagurated the COVID Care Centre, established to treat COVID-19 positive patients by Indian Navy at its ab-initio Training Establishment, INS Chilka, under the aegis of Naval Officer-in-Charge, Odisha. The 150 bed isolation centre with additional 15 bed oxygen facility at INHSNivarini, the naval hospital, is […]

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Over 7,500 people vaccinated by Vedanta at its plants in Odisha & Chhattisgarh

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar, May 5: Vedanta Aluminium & Power Business has vaccinated more than 7,500 of its people across its plants in Odisha and Chhattisgarh. “Further, it has swiftly augmented the capacity of its COVID Care Centres and quarantine centres across its plant sites in remote areas of Odisha and Chhattisgarh to effectively handle the pandemic […]

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Odisha reports 9,889 new COVID-19 cases, 16 casualties

Bhubaneswar, May 5: Odisha has recorded as many as 9,889 new COVID-19 cases while 16 patients succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours, as per the State Information and Public Relations (I&PR) Department. With today’s fresh infections, the State’s Coronavirus positive tally mounted to 4,89,641 while active cases stood at 77,257. So far, […]

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Odisha reports 8,914 new COVID-19 cases, five deaths

Bhubaneswar, May 3: Odisha on Monday reported as many as 8,914 COVID-19 cases, 6,527 recoveries and five deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) Department. The positive tally now mounted to 4,71,563 in the State while the death toll in the State jumped to 2,073 on Monday, added the […]

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Grim record: 10,413 new COVID-19 cases detected in Odisha; Toll mounts to 2,054

Bhubaneswar, May 1: The massive second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic barrelled past another grim milestone as Odisha reported 10,413 fresh cases on Saturday, the highest single-day count recorded in the State so far. Deaths from the virus climbed to another high of 2,054 in the past 24 hours with 11 people succumbing to the […]

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COVID-19 active cases cross 50K-Mark in Odisha, infection count sees slight dip

Bhubaneswar, April 27: COVID-19 active cases in the State breached the grim milestone of 50,000 on Tuesday with 6,073 people testing positive for the infection in the last 24 hours. Today’s surge pushed the State’s virus positive tally to 4,20,129 while the death toll surged to 2,007. The active cases in the State now stood […]

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Odisha records 6,599 fresh COVID-19 cases, nine deaths

Bhubaneswar, April 25: Odisha on Monday recorded as many as 6,599 COVID-19 cases while nine patients succumbed to the disease in the last 24 hours in the State, said an official release. According to data released by the State Information and Public Relations (I&PR) Department, of the fresh cases spread across all 30 districts, 3,827 […]

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6,116 new COVID-19 cases, seven deaths reported in Odisha 

Bhubaneswar, April 25: A total of 6,116 more people tested positive for the COVID-19 in the last 24 hours in the State, said the Health & Family Welfare Department on Sunday. The State also reported 3,464 fresh recoveries and seven fatalities during the same period. Of the total 6,647 cases, 3,546 cases were detected from […]

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Odisha reports 4,761 new COVID-19 cases, five more deaths

Bhubaneswar, April 20: Odisha has reported 4,761 new COVID-19 cases, 1,503 recoveries and five more casualties in the last 24 hours, informed the State Health and Family Welfare Department on Tuesday. Of the total cases, 2,785 cases were detected from among the quarantined people while 1,976 cases were local contacts. These new cases have been […]

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SAIL’s Rourkela Super Specialty Hospital to be used as Covid Care facility 

New Delhi/Rourkela, April 15: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has instructed the Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) to use its Super Specialty Hospital at Rourkela as COVID Care Hospital in view of the rapid spike in COVID-19 cases. The local district authorities had also sent a request for utilising […]

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