4 new cases of UK coronavirus strain detected in India; three from B’luru


Team Udayavani, Jan 1, 2021, 4:49 PM IST

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New Delhi: Four new cases of highly transmissible mutant strain of the coronavirus were detected in the country, according to health ministry data.

Sources have said that three of these new cases were detected in Bengaluru while one was detected in Hyderabad.

With this, the total number of persons found infected with the new coronavirus strain from the UK rose to 29 on Friday, Union Health Ministry has informed.

The samples that tested positive for the new strain were 8 from NCDC, Delhi; 10 from NIMHANS, Bengaluru; 3 from CCMB, Hyderabad; 1 from NIBG Kalyani near Kolkata; 5 from NIV, Pune and 2 from IGIB, Delhi. All 29 patients have been kept in isolation at designated health facilities.

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