India records lowest daily number of COVID-19 patients since July 1

India’s daily number of COVID-19 cases on December 27 stood at 18,732, the lowest since July 1, when 18,653 cases were recorded. Up to 279 deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours, taking the overall count since the outbreak in January to 1,47,622. The country’s overall positive cases stood at 1,01,87,850, with 2,78,690 active cases. Delhi recorded 655 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours – the lowest in over four months – bringing a much-needed relief for the capital that had seen a sharp spike in cases in November.

With 19,16,236 cases and 49,189 deaths, overall, Maharashtra remained the worst-hit state. In the past 24 hours, it reported 2,854 news cases and 60 fatalities. Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala were the other worst-five states in the pandemic’s context.

India’s national COVID-19 task force met over the new mutant strain traced in the UK and discussed surveillance strategies. Over 50 samples of people who have returned from the UK are currently being sequenced at six labs across the country to find out if they have the mutant strain.

Delhi recorded 655 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours – the lowest in over four months – bringing a much-needed relief for the capital that had seen a sharp spike in cases in November. The national capital registered 23 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the total fatality count to 10,437. The total number of infections has climbed to 6,22,094 of which 6,911 are active cases.
Meanwhile, Delhi Police will start vaccinating its personnel against COVID-19 soon and details will be sent to them by SMS, the police said in an order to all district heads of the force today. “Vaccination for COVID-19 of Delhi Police personnel will start soon. The date, time and place of vaccination for each police personnel will be intimated to him/her on their mobile number by SMS,” senior police officer Muktesh Chander, who is also the nodal officer for COVID-19 action plan, said in the order.