India’s active COVID-19 caseload, however, has fallen to 2.14 lakh, the lowest after 197 days.

As flight operations between India and the United Kingdom resumed, more than 250 passengers from the UK have arrived in Delhi in the first flight on Friday.

On Tuesday, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was to be the chief guest at the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, cancelled his visit to India over the coronavirus crisis in the UK.

The 20 new cases have been identified at NIV, Pune.

Comprehensive contact tracing has been initiated for co-travellers, family contacts and others.