New Coronavirus Strain Live Updates: Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, India Today 26 December 2020

Rajasthan Coronavirus Live Updates: Rajasthan reported 785 new COVID19 cases, 7 deaths and 990 recoveries/discharges today.

Total cases: 3,04,517

Death toll: 2,664

Total recoveries/discharges: 2,90,365

Active cases: 11,488

Uttarakhand Coronavirus Live Updates: 13 deaths and 374 new COVID19 positive cases reported in Uttarakhand today.

Total number of cases: 89,218

Total active cases: 5,444

Total recovered cases: 81,154

Death toll: 1,476

Andhra Pradesh Coronavirus Live Updates: Andhra Pradesh reports 282 new COVID19 cases, taking the total number of cases to 8,80,712, as per State Health Department

Recovered cases: 8,69,920

Active cases: 3,700

Deaths: 7,092

Rajinikanth is stable. Reports of some of the investigations done today have come & there's nothing alarming. Based on reports of remaining investigations & his blood pressure status overnight a call will be taken tomorrow on his discharge from hospital: Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad

Eight UK returnees to Kerala test positive

Eight people who recently returned from the UK to Kerala, have tested positive for coronavirus and their samples have been sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune for genomic analysis. Health Minister K K Shailaja said on Saturday that samples of eight returnees were found positive for COVID-19 and their samples have been sent to NIV for further tests.

Following this development, it has been decided to subject the returnees to more tests, she added. Surveillance at the four international airports in the state have been further strengthened.(PTI)

Coronavirus Live Updates: India's Total Cases Rise To 1,01,69,118 With 22,272 New Infections

Coronavirus Live Updates: Telangana Adds 317 New Cases, Death Count Rises To 1,529

Telangana reported 317 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to over 2.84 lakh while two fatalities pushed the death count to 1,529, the state government said on Saturday.

Over 2.76 lakh people have recovered from the disease so far.

As many as 6,618 patients are under treatment and 30,376 samples were tested on Friday. Cumulatively, over 66.86 lakh samples have been tested.

Assam reports lowest coronavirus cases since May 23

Assam reported 61 new COVID-19 positive cases on Friday, the lowest since May 23, with the total cases so far rising to 2,15,836 ande no deaths were reported, state Minister for Health and Family Welfare Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The 61 new cases were detected out of 11,757 tests conducted during the day with a positivity rate of 0.52 per cent, he said. The new cases included 28 from Kamrup Metropolitan district which has recorded the highest number of positive cases in the state. There has been no death in the state due to the pandemic after December 12 and the total casualty is 1033 and the current death rate 0.47 per cent.

A person who had returned here from the UK tested COVID-19 positive and his swab sample has been sent to National Institite of Virology (NIV), Pune, to ascertain whether it is of the new variant mutant or of the prevalent strain, the minister had earlier said in a press conference. The patient is currently in isolation at the Guwahati Medical College Hospital and the details will be provided only after the report is received, Sarma told reporters here. (PTI)