New COVID-19 strain: Total number of cases increases to 58
New Delhi, Jan 05, 2021: With 20 new cases identified at NIV Pune, the total number of cases infected with the new strain of the novel Coronavirus first reported in the UK now stands at 58.
| No. | Institute/Lab | Under | Persons detected with new COVID strain |
| 1 | NCDC New Delhi | MoHFW | 8 |
| 2 | IGIB New Delhi | CSIR | 11 |
| 3 | NIBMG Kalyani (Kolkata) | DBT | 1 |
| 4 | NIV Pune | ICMR | 25 |
| 5 | CCMB Hyderabad | CSIR | 3 |
| 6 | NIMHANS Bengaluru | MoHFW | 10 |
| Total | 58 |
The positive samples are being tested at 10 INSACOG labs across the country (NIBMG Kolkata, ILS Bhubaneswar, NIV Pune, NCCS Pune, CCMB Hyderabad, CDFD Hyderabad, InSTEM Bengaluru, NIMHANS Bengaluru, IGIB Delhi, NCDC Delhi) for genome sequencing.
All these persons have been kept in single room isolation in designated Health Care facilities by respective State Governments. Their close contacts have also been put under quarantine. Comprehensive contact tracing has been initiated for co-travellers, family contacts and others. Genome sequencing on other specimens is going on.
The situation is under careful watch and regular advice is being provided to the States for enhanced surveillance, containment, testing & dispatch of samples to INSACOG labs.
