Coronavirus

New Delhi: Union Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Y Naik has tested positive for COVID-19. He is the fourth Union Minister to have contracted the virus, after Home Minister...

Puri: Amid the soaring COVID-19 positive cases, it has become difficult for people of Puri district to keep track of the situation and many are turning to the administration’s Twitter...

Cuttack: The COVID-19 tally in Odisha's Cuttack district rose to 3,387 on Wednesday with 109 new cases being reported in the last 24 hours. The administration, however, later informed that...

Bhawanipatna: Taking note of the rising COVID-19 positive cases, the Kalahandi administration declared a two-day shutdown in Junagarh NAC area from Wednesday. For active surveillance and health screening of about...

Bhubaneswar: The fatality rate in Odisha stands at 0.60% with 305 COVID-19 deaths against the national average of 1.98 per cent. However, the Health Department has categorised another 53 deaths...

Cuttack: Locals reportedly opposed the shifting of a COVID-19 patient from a slum in Dargah Bazaar area of the city on Wednesday. According to media reports, police have reached the...

Bengaluru: Do people actually recover from COVID-19? Technically yes. However, the truth is that patients who are considered to have overcome the virus keep reeling under its effect in some...

Bhubaneswar: The positivity rate in Odisha has decreased with the increase in testing and this is a good sign, ICMR-Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC), Bhubaneswar, Director Dr Sanghamitra Pati told...

Bhubaneswar: In order to strengthen the fight against COVID-19 pandemic, chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday called for popularising the plasma donation, enhancing the testing, and promoting home isiolation. Making...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha has set a target to conduct 1 lakh COVID-19 tests a day. "The daily tests will be raised to 50,000 a day by August 20. The number of antigen...