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Odisha crosses 30-lakh Covid vaccination mark

<span style="color: #222222;">Odisha has crossed 30 lakh mark in covid-19 vaccination. The beneficiaries include one lakh sixty-seven thousand senior citizens and people above forty-five years of age, who were vaccinated during the last 24 hours.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports that out of the total vaccine doses delivered so far, senior citizens account for the lion's share with 16 lakh 60 thousand of them having been inoculated till date. People above 45 years of age totaling up to six lakh eighty-three thousand have also received their vaccine jabs.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, the state witnessed covid-19 infection spiking to 471 yesterday, taking the active caseload of the state further upwards to 3085. However, even as the virus tries to escalate further in the state, the state government too has been accelerating vaccination by delivering the last ten lakh doses of vaccines in just eight days as against the first 10 lakh doses that were administered to the beneficiaries in as many as 45 days.<br />''<br />''The state government will impose night curfew in 10 districts between 10 pm to 5 am from today in view of rising COVID-19 cases. The districts where night curfew will be imposed are Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Bolangir, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Nawrangpur, Koraput and Malkangiri.<br />''<br />''All shops, commercial establishments, offices, institutions will remain closed and movement of individuals will be prohibited between 10 pm to 5 am, except for essential activities. District Collectors have been allowed to impose any further restrictions or allow such activities as felt appropriate considering the local situation.</span><br />

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