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  • BJP takes dig again at Meghalaya ministers on coal issue
  • Four injured in tree collapse in Thane
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  • Kerala reports 5,440 new COVID cases, 6,853 recoveries
  • Active COVID-19 cases again cross 1000 mark in Meghalaya
  • J&K UT Admn to start working in Winter Capital from Monday
  • Khattar permits two-hour sale, bursting of fire crackers on Deepawali
  • AP reports 2237 new cases of COVID-19, 12 die
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  • IPL: J&K Police launches crackdown against bookies in Jammu, Katra
  • Meghalaya takes cautious steps towards ‘reopening’
  • NDA to form government in Bihar: Anurag Thakur
  • COVID: J&K reports fresh 555 +ve cases
States » EastPosted at: Nov 8 2020 7:05PM


Covid toll rises to 1425 in Odisha, Tally surges to 3,01,574 with 2,86,857 recoveries

Bhubaneswar, Nov 08 (UNI ) Covid toll in Odisha rose to 1425 with the death of fifteen covid patients in the past 24 hours while the covid tally surged to 3,01,574 as 1434 people tested positive from 30 districts.
Health and Family Welfare department sources said three each died in Khordha and Sambalpur district, two each from Bargarh and Bolangir district while one each died in five other districts while under treatment in the past 24 hours.
Out of 1434 people found infected with the virus, 833 were from the quarantine centres and 601 were local contact cases.
Only two out of 30 districts reported more than one hundred positive cases. Khordha district registered 144 cases followed by Cuttack ( 141), Balasore( 99) and Sundargarh( 98 ).
Khordha district continued to be in the top in the fatalities with 248 deaths followed by Ganjam (232), Cuttack (119), Puri (87), Sundargarh (77) Balasore (71) and Mayurbhanj (67).
Official sources said so far 2,86,857 covid patients have been cured and discharged from the hospital and 13,239 active cases are under treatment.
Meanwhile, the state government has made partial modifications regarding the number of guests at marriage functions.
The District Collectors/ Municipal Commissioners shall take decisions on the number of persons to be allowed in such functions (limit of 200) keeping their local situation in mind.
The order has been Special Relief Commissioner has issued an order to this effect.
The State Government directed that all schools in the State shall remain
closed till December 31, 2020.
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Tags: #Covid toll rises to 1425 in Odisha# Tally surges to 3#01#574 with 2#86#857 recoveries
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