Odisha News
➡️ Odisha reports single-day spike of 9541 COVID-19 cases on Sunday which took the tally of patients in the State to 756684, including 95266 active cases and 658646 recovered ones.
➡️ Khordha reports biggest single day spike of 1342 new Covid19 cases in the last 24 hours followed by Cuttack (716), Mayurbhanj (695) and Angul (562).
➡️ 33 new COVID-19 deaths reported today including 5 from Angul, 3 each from Boudh, Kalahandi, Nabarangpur and Sundargarh. With this, the Covid-19 death toll in Odisha has gone up to 2,719.
➡️ A total of 66,057 samples were tested in Odisha yesterday.
➡️ Pranaya Maharathy, brother of Pradeep Maharathy succumbs to COVID19.
➡️ Odisha Additional Chief Secretary of Health Department, Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra to hold a press meet over COVID-19 at 4:30 pm today.
➡️ 1st ever in the Country, China sends Oxygen Cylinders to Odisha.
India News
➡️ COVID-19 cases in India declining with 1,65,553 new COVID19 cases, 2,76,309 recoveries and 3,460 deaths in the last 24 hours.
➡️ Total case tally stands at 2,78,94,800 including 21,14,508 active cases, 2,54,54,320 cured cases & 3,22,512 deaths.
➡️ Recovery Rate in India increases to 91.25%.
➡️ Total of 21,20,66,614 vaccine doses given till 7pm yesterday.
➡️ A total of 34,31,83,748 samples tested up to May 29. Of which, 20,63,839 samples were tested yesterday: IMCR.
➡️ Uttarakhand Glacier Burst Tragedy: 29 missing after Uttarakhand glacier burst tragedy declared dead. The next of kin to the deceased labourers will get Rs 29 lakh each.
➡️ Mann Ki Baat: PM Modi ‘salutes’ those involved in rescue operations amid cyclones.
➡️ Private hospitals, star hotels flouting guidelines by offering vaccination package must be stopped immediately: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan.
➡️ Nearly 12 crore vaccine doses will be available for National COVID vaccination program in June 2021: Union Health Ministry.
➡️ Kerala announces vaccine certificate for people travelling abroad.
World News
➡️ Global coronavirus cases tops 169.7 Million mark, death toll surged to more than 3.52 Million.
➡️ British Prime Minister Boris Johnson marries fiancée Carrie Symonds in a secret ceremony: Reuters.
➡️ India supports calls for detailed WHO probe into Covid origin.
➡️ Saudi Arabia lifts Covid-related travel ban for passengers arriving from 11 countries.
➡️ Mehul Choksi repatriation: Antigua Prime Minister Gaston Browne confirms Private Jet in Dominica is from India.