Odisha sees spike of 2,267 COVID-19 cases, three deaths

Bhubaneswar, April 14: Odisha on Wednesday witnessed a big jump in daily new COVID-19 cases with 2,267 people being detected with the virus and three people succumbing to the infections in the last 24 hours. These new cases have been detected in 29 districts of the State. Of the total 2,267 cases, 1,314 cases were […]

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Odisha Govt directs activation of Covid Care facilities 

Bhubaneswar, April 12: Amid the rise in the COVID-19 cases, the Odisha Government on Monday issued an advisory to all Collectors, Municipal Commissioners, Chief District Medical and Public Health Officers for activation of Government and private Covid facilities in the districts which were utilised during the first phase of the pandemic. “You are requested remain […]

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Odisha reports 1,741 new COVID-19 cases, two deaths

Bhubaneswar, April 12: As many as 1,741 new COVID-19 cases and two deaths have been recorded in Odisha in the last 24 hours, informed the State Health and Family Welfare Department on Monday. With this, the COVID-19 tally in the State mounted to 3,51,302 with 9,259 active cases. With the two fresh casualties, the death […]

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Night curfew in 10 districts of Odisha from today

Bhubaneswar, April 5: Starting today, night curfews will be enforced in 10 districts of the State – Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Bolangir, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Koraput and Malkangiri – in view of the rising COVID-19 cases in the State. The night curfew will be in force between 10 PM and 5 PM from till further […]

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SBI Main Branch sealed in Bhubaneswar after employees test COVID-19 positive

Bhubaneswar, April 4: The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Sunday sealed the Main Branch of State Bank of India (SBI) located in Unit-1 area in State capital city for two days after seven of its employees tested COVID-19 positive. “In view of detection of a series of COVID-19 positive cases in SBI, Main Branch, Unit-1, […]

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Phase-II COVID-19 vaccine drive: 785 people inoculated in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar, March 1: As many as 785 people, including 749 senior citizens and 36 comorbid people were administered their first vaccine shots in State capital city of Bhubaneswar as the phase-II nation-wide COVID-19 vaccination drive began. The vaccination process that started at 10 AM continued till 5 PM. Today, vaccination drive was carried out at […]

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Six-hour Congress bandh against fuel price hike affects train services in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, February 15: Due to the six-hour Odisha bandh call given by the State Congress unit against the fuel price hike, train services in East Coast Railway (ECoR) have been affected partially on Monday. As a result, few trains have been controlled at different stations for a few minutes. According to an ECoR statement, agitation was […]

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612 people vaccinated on Day-1 in Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar, January 16: A total of 612 beneficiaries were administered vaccines on Saturday on the first day of the massive nation-wide vaccination drive against COVID-19 in Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) area. The immunization drive was being conducted in six different facilities of Bhubaneswar. They are Capital Hospital, AIIMS, SUM Hospital, KIIMS Hospital, BMC Hospital and […]

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COVID-19: Odisha’s recovery tally rises to 3,21,309

Bhubaneswar, December 19: As many as 362 more Covid patients have recovered in the last 24 hours in the State, taking the number of persons cured of the virus in Odisha to 3,21,309, informed the Health and Family Welfare Department on Saturday. According to the department, the highest number of 50 Covid patients recovered in […]

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