Ottawa: Canada's corona cases crossed 550,000 mark with the total hitting 552,020, including 14,963 deaths, as of Sunday afternoon. According to CTV, Ontario, the most populous province in Canada, reported 2,005 new cases, bringing its total case count to 171,416 on Sunday.

Canada has confirmed two cases of the COVID-19 variant first detected in Britain. The two confirmed cases are a couple from Durham Region in Ontario. The couple have no known travel history, exposure or high-risk contacts. Canada banned all flights arriving from Britain on December 20 until January 6, 2021, in response to concerns about the COVID-19 variant.

With 20,333 fresh Covid-19 cases, India's caseload now stands at 10,208,725. The country's death toll has mounted to 147,940. With 1,919,550 cases, Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus cases, followed by Karnataka 915,345, Andhra Pradesh 881,000, Tamil Nadu 814,000, and Kerala 735,611.

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