COVID-19

Prayers made for the veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar who is still in the ICU and once again been put on ventilator support after her condition deteriorated on Saturday.

As the cases of Covid-19 is likely to get stabilised in the ongoing third wave, several States have opened schools and colleges or are going to open in the coming days so that the children's academic routine can be brought back on track.

On Friday, British researchers released early data that suggests while the omicron BA.2 subvariant is more transmissible than the original BA.1 variant.

The Director of Institute of Life Sciences, Ajay Parida on Saturday said that almost 60% of the Covid-19 cases being tested are of the Omicron variant in Odisha.

Covid Cases in Odisha have been on a decline in the last 3 days. Odisha reported 8845 new Covid positive cases today. The active cases in the State stands at 76,806 with the recovery of 11,344 Covid patients today.

Odisha's Omicron tally on Wednesday climbed to 347 with the detection of 145 more persons infected by the highly contagious variant of the SARS-CoV-2.

Khordha district has accounted highest daily Covid-19 cases in Odisha with 4,347 fresh cases reported in the last 24 hours.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who had tested positive for coronavirus and is currently in home isolation, is among 40 new Omicron cases recorded in Bihar, National media reported.

Over 300 employees of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bhubaneswar have tested positive for Covid-19 since January 1, 2022.

Omicron cases crossed 200 mark in Odisha with 32 more cases of Omicron variant of Covid-19 have been detected in the State on Saturday.