Virus Scare

Dhenkanal: Among the 36 new COVID-19 cases reported in Dhenkanal district in the last 24 hours, seven are local contacts, the district administration informed on Saturday. All the seven local...

Bhadrak: The COVID-19 caseload in Bhadrak district went up to 857 on Saturday with overnight addition of two more cases. One of the new cases was detected in a quarantine...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha reported 12 more COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, taking the total toll to 259. The Health and Welfare Department informed that all the deceased were suffering from comorbid conditions....

Malkangiri: The COVID-19 positive cases in Malkangiri districts rose to 836 on Saturday with 27 new cases in the last 24 hours. Out of 27 cases, one is a COVID...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 tally in Odisha went up to 44,193 on Saturday with 1,643 new positive cases reported in last 24 hours. The fresh cases were reported from 28 districts....

New Delhi: An overnight addition of 61,537 cases took India's COVID-19 tally to 20,88,612 on Saturday. India is emerging as the biggest COVID-19 hotspot in the world in August. A...

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the admission for the 2020-21 academic session, the Odisha government will seek opinion of all state-run universities and autonomous colleges in the state. A high-level meeting presided...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will "thoroughly deliberate" on the implementation of the New Education Policy (NEP)-2020 in the state, Higher Education Minister Arun Kumar Sahu said. The minister said that...

Puri: The social stigma of COVID-19 has left the body of a 25-year-old man unattended for 15 hours after death in Konark block of Puri district. As the villagers suspected...

Berhampur: To identify COVID-19 patients, Ganjam district administration began the fifth-phase of health screening in urban areas of the district on Saturday. Informing the media, Ganjam collector Vijay Amruta Kulange...