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.
The coastal State recorded 80 new COVID-19 cases at 0.17% positivity rate on Wednesday, which took the state’s coronavirus tally to 12,86,852, a health bulletin said.
A total of 12 children were among the newly infected, the bulletin said, adding that 46,795 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, a bulletin stated adding that 11 districts did not report any infection.
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The death toll remained static at 9,115 as no fresh fatality was reported in the last 24 hours. For the second day in a row, the State reported zero fatality.
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These are confirmed as Covid deaths after an audit. Fifty-three other coronavirus patients have died due to comorbidities so far, according to data.
The cumulative tally rose to 12,86,852, including 12,76,934 recoveries as 152 patients recovered in the previous day, it added
The State’s recovery rate currently stands at 99.22% while active cases (822) account for 0.05% 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 0.05% 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 6,21,28,021 COVID-19 vaccine doses while 2,83,37,501 people out of 3.09 crore eligible adult population are fully vaccinated.
A total of 8,38,858 have so far received booster or precaution dose so far. Around 92% of the eligible population has so far received both the doses of vaccine.
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