Coronavirus Live Updates: Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, India Today 29 December 2020
UK Variant enters Telangana and Andhra Pradesh; two infected
Two UK returnees were found infected with fast-spreading Coronavirus variant from UK. They returned to Telangana and AP recently and the health departments of two states conducted Covid tests on them after guidelines issued by union health ministry to monitor health condition of all UK returned passengers since last 4 weeks. After the two passengers tested positive, their samples were sent to CCMB lab for genome sequencing in which the presence of UK variant was detected. While one of them belonged to Telangana, the second infected hailed from Andhra Pradesh
Coronavirus in India: India records 16,432 new cases
India reports 16,432 new COVID-19 cases, 24,900 recoveries, and 252 deaths in last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry
Total cases: 1,02,24,303
Active cases: 2,68,581
Total recoveries: 98,07,569
Death toll: 1,48,153
Coronavirus in Mizoram: Mizoram reports six more COVID-19 cases, tally at 4,190
Aizawl: At least six more people, including three children, have tested positive for COVID-19 in Mizoram, pushing the caseload to 4,190, an official said on Tuesday.
The state has so far reported eight deaths due to the contagion.
The fresh cases were reported from Aizawl and Lawngtlai districts, he said.
Mizoram now has 114 active cases, while 4,068 people have recovered from the disease and discharged from hospitals, the official said.
The recovery rate, at 97 per cent, is improving and the infection rate is declining gradually, he added.
Altogether, 1,77,387 samples have been tested in the state till date, including 1,153 since Monday. (PTI)
Actor Ram Charan tests positive for coronavirus
He requested people who have been around him in the past couple of days also to get tested.
"I have tested positive for COVID-19. No symptoms & quarantined at home. Hope to heal soon & come out stronger," he tweeted.
Coronavirus in Telangana: 397 new cases, 2 deaths in Telangana
Telangana recorded 397 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the total positives to over 2.85 lakh while two fatalities pushed the toll to 1,535.
Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) accounted for the most number of cases with 92, followed by Medchal Malkajgiri and Rangareddy with 37 and28 respectively, a government bulletin said on Tuesday providing details as of 8 pm on December 28.
The total number of recoveries stood at 2,77,931.