With this, 20 returnees from the U.K. and 20 of their contacts have tested positive for the infection, health officials said. All the U.K. returnees and their contacts who have tested positive are in separate isolation wards, officials said. With 945 more persons testing positive since Tuesday, including a passenger each from West Bengal, Rajasthan and Telangana, the total number of active cases on Wednesday was 8, 615. So far, 8,17,077 persons have tested positive. Chennai continued to record a higher number of cases, with 275 testing positive.

Source: The Hindu December 30, 2020 19:37 UTC