Till January 11, the number of people affected by this strain of the coronavirus was 96.
While 1,00,37,398 people have recovered from the novel coronavirus so far, 1,50,570 persons have succumbed to the deadly virus in the country.
These 71 cases include the 58 which were announced by the ministry till Tuesday.
Out of 40, most of either came from England or came in contact with people who returned from there.