<span style="color: #222222;">In Odisha, the covid vaccine wastage rate has been limited down to 2.20 per cent. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has said that the state has vaccinated more people than the number of doses received from the Centre by prudently using the extra dose available in each vial as wastage. The state so far has vaccinated about 60 lakh eligible people.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />''<br />''In yet another development, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today virtual inaugurated 100 bed ICU with ventilators in a private hospital in Bargarh in western Odisha. On the occasion, he expressed the hope that the 10 Western Odisha districts including Bargarh that now are witnessing a spike in covid-19 cases, will greatly benefit from this new health facility. Incidentally, Sundargarh, another western Odisha district has reported 2073 fresh infections,  that is the inter district highest for today. Meanwhile, covid-19 infection in the state touched a new high with a record 12000 plus people reported positive today. </span><br />