<span style="color: #222222;">Odisha reported 90 fresh corona positive cases today taking the total count to 2478 of which 988 are active, 1481 recoveries, and seven deceased. 90 percent of the cases are reported from different quarantine centres.<br />''<br />''Seeing the surge in the Covid-19 cases in the state during the last one week, the Odisha government adopted a cautious approach while announcing the opening of several sectors during "Unlock 1" which is stricter compared to the guidelines issued by the Centre.<br />''<br />''The state government said that there will be shut down on Saturdays and Sundays in 11 districts where the Covid – 19 case load has been high till June 30.<br />''<br />''These districts are Ganjam, Puri, Nayagarh, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapada, Khurda, Jajpur, Bhadrak and Balasore.<br />''<br />''In a press release, the government said Offices, commercial establishments, bus services, local transports and non-essential services will remain closed during the shutdown period in these highly vulnerable districts.<br />''<br />''Healthcare services, hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and medicine shops will be allowed. Train, bus and flight services, and goods movement will remain unhindered during the shutdown period.<br />''<br />''The Chief Secretary Asit Kumar Tripathy stated that all schools, colleges and coaching institutions in the State will remain closed till July 31.<br />''<br />''Shopping malls will also remain closed till June 30. No public worshipping at religious places and religious congregation will be allowed till June end.<br />''<br />''Emphasizing that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has described June as an "extremely critical period" in the fight against the pandemic, the state has imposed stricter norms to effectively contain the spread of COVID-19.<br />''<br />''DGP Abhay said night curfew, though relaxed by the Centre, but it is being implemented strictly in Odisha from 7 pm to 7 am every day.<br />''<br />''The government also levy heavy fines for violating the norms. It has increased the penalty for spitting in public and not wearing masks from Rs.200 to Rs.500 for the first two instances, thereafter the fine shoot up to Rs.1000/-.</span><br />