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Photos: India registers 20,549 new Covid-19 cases; 20 of new variant
Between December 29 and 30, India recorded 20,549 coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases and 286 related deaths, pushing the overall tally and death toll to 10,224,852 and 148,439. Today’s count is higher than that of yesterday by 25% (4,117). At the same time, the total number of people who have tested positive for the UK variant has climbed to 20 and all have been placed under isolation. However, for the past three months, India has been seeing a downward trend in its daily coronavirus tally with an average of 22,000 cases added daily in the week ending December 27.
Updated on: Dec 30, 2020 6:01 PM IST
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A large gathering of people at Juhu Beach amid the Covid-19 pandemic in Mumbai on December 27. According to the Union health ministry, India recorded 20,549 coronavirus (Covid-19) cases and 286 related deaths between December 29 and 30 which pushed the overall tally and death toll to 10,224,852 and 148,439 respectively. (Satyabrata Tripathy / HT Photo)
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Workers dismantling beds at the Commonwealth Games Village (CWG) Covid Care Centre that has been closed as part of de-escalation of facilities in New Delhi on December 29. The total active cases have dropped to 262,272 and the recovery rate is nearing 96% with over 9.83 million people discharged or cured until now. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)
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A laboratory technician carries swab samples collected from passengers at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. Meanwhile, the health ministry on December 30 said that the total number of people who have tested positive for the UK variant has climbed to 20 and all have been placed under isolation. (Anushree Fadnavis / REUTERS)
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A woman walks past a cake depicting the coronavirus during the annual cake show in Bengaluru on December 29. Out the 20 people who have tested positive for the UK variant, some are identified from Karnataka (7), Delhi (4), Tamil Nadu (1), Telangana (1), Andhra Pradesh (1), Uttar Pradesh (1) and West Bengal (1). (Aijaz Rahi / AP)
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An aircraft in flight is pictured at a distance from NH-48 in New Delhi on December 28. On December 21, India joined a growing list of countries to seal off access to people who have been to the UK, suspending all flights to and from the country between December 23 and December 31 to stop the spread of a new variant. The suspension has been extended until January 7 now. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)
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A health worker disinfects the donor’s chair during a swab collection drive for Covid-19 test at Nehru Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital in Defence Colony, New Delhi on December 29. For the past three months, India has been seeing a downward trend in its daily coronavirus tally with an average of 22,000 cases added daily in the week ending December 27. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)
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Health workers inside an observation room during a mock drill ahead of the Covid-19 coronavirus vaccination drive at the Public Health Centre (PHC) in Adalaj, Gujarat on December 29. The current Covid-19 numbers are far less than that of September when nearly 92,000 cases were being added in a span of 24 hours. (Sam Panthaky / AFP)
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