On Monday, the country reported 20,021 new Covid-19 cases and 279 fatalities, as per the Union health ministry. The extension of the existing guidelines against the coronavirus comes in the backdrop of the recently discovered new variant of the virus in the UK. Many who have returned from the UK have been reported to be coronavirus positive hence raising alarms. Click here for complete coverage of Covid-19More than 80 million people have been infected by the coronavirus worldwide. The surge in the number of coronavirus cases in Georgia, US has exhausted the healthcare facilities with more than 4,000 hospitalization.

Source: Hindustan Times December 29, 2020 00:54 UTC