1. Ahead of the coronavirus vaccine rollout, a second dry run will take place on January 8, Friday, in all districts of the country, news agency ANI reported.
2. Prior to COVID-19 vaccine roll out across India, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan to meet Health Ministers of all the States/ UTs on Thursday (January 7), ANI reported.
3. A total of 73 people have tested positive for the new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in India so far, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
4. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday said it will send a high-level team to Kerala for supporting the state amid rising coronavirus cases. Kerala recorded a total of 35,038 new cases during the last seven days in Kerala.
5. Tamil Nadu on Wednesday recorded 811 new Covid-19 infections, pushing the tally to 8,23,181 while the toll mounted to 12,188 with 11 more deaths.
6. Delhi recorded 654 fresh Covid-19 cases, lowest in over seven months; death toll rises to 10,625 with 16 new fatalities.
7. Andhra Pradesh reports 289 new #COVID19 cases, 428 recoveries & 3 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 8,83,876 as per the State Health Department. Recovered Cases: 8,73,855; Active Cases: 2,896; Total Deaths: 7,125
8. Gujarat on Wednesday reported 665 fresh coronavirus positive cases, taking the tally to 2,49,246, the state health department said.
9. Tamil Nadu reported 811 new #COVID19 cases, 943 discharges, and 11 deaths in the last 24 hours: State Health Department. Total cases in the state climbed to 8,23,181, including 8,03,328 total discharges, 7,665 active cases and 12,188 deaths.
10. Kerala reports 6394 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. Active cases now at 65,057; so far 7,22,421 patients have been discharged.