NEW DELHI: The number of persons infected by the new United Kingdom strain of SARS-Cov-2 in India has risen to 90, the
Union health ministry
informed on Saturday.
Earlier in the day, India reported 18,222 fresh coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, taking the country's tally to 1,04,31,639.
According to the
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
(MoHFW), 228 people have died while 19,253 patients recovered from the disease in the same time frame.
With more recoveries reported than fresh cases, the number of
active cases
dropped to 2,24,190. The overall recoveries reached 1,00,56,651 while the death toll mounted to 1,50,798.
Kerala has the highest number of active cases (64,434), followed by Maharashtra at 53,006.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), a total of 18,02,53,315 samples were tested for
Covid-19
up to January 8. Of these, 9,16,951 samples were tested yesterday.
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