Coronavirus new strain toll reaches 73, vaccine dry run in all districts on Jan 8

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Coronavirus new strain toll reaches 73, vaccine dry run in all districts on Jan 8 (Image tweeted by @ani_digital)
Coronavirus new strain toll reaches 73, vaccine dry run in all districts on Jan 8 (Image tweeted by @ani_digital)

New Delhi : On Wednesday, the official data on Union Health Ministry's website showed 73 cases have been reported of the new strain of coronavirus, which was first reported in the UK.

The government had recently concluded a dry run of coronavirus vaccine and the second dry run in all the districts will be done on January 8, 2021.

So far, India has recorded 18,088 new coronavirus cases, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,03,74,932.  The country also saw 264 deaths in a span of 24 hours, pushing India's coronavirus death toll to 1,50,114. Among the over 1.03 crore total Covid-19 cases, there are 2,27,546 active cases while 99,97,272 have recovered.

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