New Delhi: As many as 82 persons in India have so far tested positive for the new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2.
“The total number of cases infected with the new strain of the novel Coronavirus, first reported in the UK, now stands at 82”, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday.
The number of such people stood at 73 till January 6, it said.
India has been reporting a streak of very low daily new cases of COVID-19. Only 18,139 persons were found positive in the last 24 hours in the country.
The active caseload of the country stands at 2,25,449 today. The share of Active Cases in the total Positive Cases has further shrunk to 2.16%. With 20,539 recoveries in the last 24 hours, a net decline of 2,634cases from the total active caseload was registered, the Ministry added.