Sonali Singh

Bhubaneswar, Aug 11 (LocalWire): The state government today said that the death toll due to Coronavirus touched 296 as more patients succumbed to the viral infection.

The latest estimate of the health department said that a total of 10 more Coronavirus patients lost their lives due to the viral infection.

“Regret to inform the demise of 10 Covid positive patients while under treatment in hospitals,” a statement from the health department said.

The deceased hailed from six different districts.

The maximum casualties were reported from Ganjam and khurda districts.

The districts which reported the Coronavirus cases included-Ganjam (3 deaths), Khurda (3), Balasore (1), Puri (1), Raygada (1) and Sundergarh 1).

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Bhubaneswar, Aug 11 (LocalWire): The State government today said that the total Coronavirus cases in the state touched 48,796 today with the detection of new cases of the disease.

The State Information and Public Relations Department today said that the state has seen a rise of 1341 new cases of Coronavirus in the latest round of sample testing.

The department said that out of the 1341 new cases detected from across, the state reported a total of 818 cases from quarantine centres and 523 cases are from local contacts. A total of 29 districts reported new cases.

The highest cases were reported from Ganjam which saw 227 new cases while Khurda district reported a total of 218 new cases.

The government claims to have done a total of 6,92,301 total tests while the total active cases in the state stand at 15,427.

The state also reported a total of 33,020 recoveries.

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Bhubaneswar, Aug 10 (LocalWire): The State government today said that it has seen the rise of 1,528 fresh cases of Coronavirus in the latest round of sample testing in the state.

The State Health Department said that with the addition of 1528 new cases of the global pandemic in the State, the total reported cases of the global pandemic touched 47,455 in the state.

According to the State Information and Public Relations Department, out of the new cases, 948 are from quarantine centres while 580 cases are from local contacts, outside quarantine centres.

The highest cases were reported from Ganjam district which saw 233 new cases.

On the other hand Khurda district also reported a total of 218 new cases on a single day.

A total of 29 out of 30 districts reported the new cases.

The government claims to have done a total of 6,69,266 sample testing till now.

The total active cases in the state now stand at 15334 while the total recovered cases in the state touched 31784.

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Bhubaneswar, Aug 9 (LocalWire): The state government has now put on hold the demand of return of KALIA aid from fake beneficiaries of the scheme.

The Directorate of Agriculture and Food Processing has now written to the District Agriculture Officers to spread the information to the farmers through their extension officers.

The official communication of the department cited Coronavirus as a reason for halting the payment besides the Kharif season of farmers.

“In view of the COVID 19 situation and the Kharif agriculture crop operations it has been decided to keep the activities of KALIA assistance from ineligible beneficiaries in abeyance for the present,” the letter from the directorate said.

The government earlier had started issuing refund letters to erring farmers and asked them to return the KALIA scheme aid to the government.

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Bhubaneswar, Aug 9 (LocalWire): The death toll due to Coronavirus infection in the state today touched 272 as more fatalities were reported from the state.

According to the State Health and Family Welfare Department a total of 13 new Coronavirus deaths were reported from across the state.

Most of the deceased belonged to Ganjam alone. Many of them are reported to have associated comorbidities.

The districts which reported the 13 new Coronavirus deaths included-Ganjam (6 deaths), Khurda (2), Nayagarh (1), Koraput (2), Balasore (1) and Bargarh (1).

The youngest among the deceased was a 39-year-old male patient from Bargarh.

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Bhubaneswar, Aug 9 (LocalWire): Khurda district today reported its highest ever of 342 new Coronavirus cases in the latest round of sample testing.

The consistent recording of highest cases in the last three days surpassing Ganjam hinted that the district is turning to be the new hotbed of Coronavirus.

The latest data said that while Ganjam reported 222 new cases, Khurda recorded the highest new cases in the state.

Meanwhile the state in total recorded 1734 new cases. With the detection of new cases the total reported cases of the disease in the state touched 45927.

A total of 29 districts reported the new cases. The government claimed that out of the new cases 1075 cases are from quarantine centres while 659 cases were from local contacts.

The government claims to have done a total of 650183 tests till now.

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Bhubaneswar, Aug 8 (LocalWire): The latest data released by the state government today hinted that the Coronavirus cases have seen a surge in Khurda district.

The district reported a total of 274 new cases of the disease in the latest sample testing, the highest in the state along with Ganjam which saw 274 new cases too.

The state on the other side saw a rise of 1,643 new cases of the disease from across the state.

With the addition of the new cases, the total reported cases from the state have touched 44,193.

The State Information and Public Relations Department said that out of the new cases detected, 1,018 are from quarantine centres while 625 are cases from local contacts.

A total of 28 districts reported the new cases. The state government claims to have done a total of 6,34,090 tests till now while it has seen 15,189 active cases. The government claims that it has also seen a total of 28,697 recoveries too.

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Bhubaneswar, Aug 7 (LocalWire): The state health department today allowed treatment of Coronavirus by private hospitals but issued a new set of norms to govern the new regime.

The new norms allowed them to treat Coronavirus patients with no symptom or mild symptom in case they want to get treated at the private hospital.

It asked the willing hospitals with adequate infrastructure to reserve 10 percent beds for Corona treatment and also allowed them to convert the whole hospital into COVID Hospital.

The government has asked the private players to not charge exorbitant prices for the treatment and also ensure they do use Coronavirus testing as per government rates.

It has also asked them to ensure all hygienic measures and also mandated working of hospital staff in a shift of 14 days.

The government also said that newer drugs should be rationally and judiciously prescribed by the hospitals.

It also asked the private hospitals to charge the patients per day and not go for one time payment. It also said that disposal of the dead bodies must be done as per government norms.

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