HC notice to Odisha govt on removal of chairperson, members of women panel
The Department of Women and Child Development which conducted the performance review of the chairperson and members had found the Commission's performance unsatisfactory.
The state on Sunday reported 48 fresh COVID-19 cases at 0.11% test positivity rate while no fresh death was reported in the last 24 hours, said the health and family welfare department.
The State now has 419 active cases while two districts- Kalahandi and Puri- have turned Coronavirus-free with no active case, said health officials.
A total of 16 children were among the newly infected, the health department bulletin said, adding that 41,882 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, a bulletin stated adding that 19 districts did not report any infection.
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The death toll remained static at 9,118 as no fresh fatality was reported in the last 24 hours after a weeklong zero fatality trend. The cumulative COVID-19 caseload rose to 12,87,469, including 12,77,879 recoveries as 60 patients recovered in the previous day, it added.
The State’s recovery rate currently stands at 99.25% while active cases (431) account for 0.03% 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 0.03% of India’s total active cases. The number of cured patients accounts for 3.63% 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 6,31,33,513 COVID-19 vaccine doses while 2,87,27,136 people out of 3.09 crore eligible adult population are fully vaccinated.
A total of 8,82,200 have so far received booster or precaution doses so far. Around 93% of the eligible population has so far received both doses of vaccine.
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