The Odisha government on Sunday announced a 14-day lockdown from May 5 to 19 amid surge in COVID-19 cases, ANI reported.
Odisha recorded 8,015 new COVID-19 cases, 5,634 recoveries and related 14 deaths in the last 24 hours, the state health department said on Sunday. The daily surge in cases hit a new record in Odisha when it breached 10,000-mark for the first time on Saturday, according to reports.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had earlier announced that the people in the age group of 18-44 years, who constitute 43 per cent of the state's population, will get the COVID-19 vaccine for free.
In a bid to break the chain of the COVID-19 infection in the state, the Odisha government had announced a night curfew in urban areas of the state in April.
