Rs 61,000 crore worth petrochemical project to take off in Odisha
Chairman IOCL A.S. Sahney met Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday to discuss progress of various ongoing and upcoming projects of IOCL in Odisha, said an official.
Odisha on Monday reported 120 new COVID-19 cases and did not report fresh death with the test positivity rate remaining low at 0.27%, the Health and Family Welfare Department said.
Meanwhile, Keonjhar district has turned covid-free with zero active cases while at least seven other districts with single digit active cases are on the verge of figuring in the covid-free list. The remaining 22 districts in the State have turned green with active cases remaining below 1,000 in each of the districts.
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Sundargarh district reported the maximum number of fresh cases at 25, followed by Gajapati at 20, Sambalpur at 18, Khordha at 14 and Balasore at 10. Besides, 13 districts recorded below 10 cases each. As many as 12 districts witnessed zero covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours.
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With the latest daily infection, the cumulative infection tally has climbed to 12,86,009, while the State currently has 1,313 active cases. In the last 24 hours, 26 positive cases are from the 0-18 year age group among the new infectees.
A total of 12,75,542 patients have recovered from the disease so far, including 314 in the past 24 hours. The State has so far registered 347 Omicron variants.
The State’s recovery rate currently stands at 99.18% while active cases account for 0.10% of total positive cases registered in the State.
The State’s share is 3.44% in the country’s confirmed virus caseload while the active cases are 0.08% of India’s total active cases. The number of cured patients accounts for 3.62% of the country’s total recovery. Odisha has so far reported 1.87% of the country’s Coronavirus deaths.
The State’s health authorities have so far administered 6,14,48,535 COVID-19 vaccine doses while 2,77,96,340 people out of 3.09 crore eligible adult population are fully vaccinated.
A total of 8,08,696 have so far received booster or precaution dose so far. Around 90% of the eligible population has so far received both the doses of vaccine.
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