Virus Scare

Rourkela: The COVID-19 tally touched 3738 in Sundargarh on Saturday with an overnight addition of 57 new cases. According to a tweet, three are from Rourkela and 10 from Birmitrapur....

New Delhi: Going by reports coming in from all over the world, it will be quite a while before we can ditch face masks. However, as shutdowns end and some...

Dhenkanal: The COVID-19 tally in the Dhenkanal district rose to 1,155 on Saturday with 100 new positive cases reported overnight. According to the district administration, 55 of the new cases...

New Delhi: India has crossed 10 lakh or 1 million tests a day milestone, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare announced on Saturday. A total of 10,23,836 tests were done...

Rourkela: A surgeon posted at Rourkela Government Hospital (RHG) here succumbed to COVID-19 on Saturday. The deceased, Dr AK Das, was the third doctor in Odisha to have died of...

Malkangiri: The COVID-19 tally in Malkangiri district rose to 1,695 on Saturday with an overnight addition of 83 positive cases, including four COVID warriors. Besides, the district reported one more...

Nabarangpur: A two-day shutdown will be imposed in Nabarangpur district with effect from August 25 (Tuesday), Collector Ajit Kumar Mishra said on Saturday. The decision was taken after 43 COVID-19...

Sambalpur: In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Samaleswari Temple Trust has decided to bar the entry of devotees to the shrine here on the occasion of Nuakhai festival on Sunday....

Bhadrak: The COVID-19 tally in Bhadrak district mounted to 2007 on Saturday with an overnight addition of 77 new cases. According to the district administration, 76 of the new patients...

Cuttack: The Cuttack district administration on Saturday declared five-day shutdown in two panchayats in Narasinghpur block after the detection of 52 COVID-19 positive cases. The administration said Balighara and Rushipada...