Coronavirus / 9 CRPF personnel test positive for COVID-19 in Delhi

Nine CRPF personnel tested positive for coronavirus in Delhi on Friday, officials have stated. The personnel underwent tests after a head constable who was working as a nursing assistant was declared positive for COVID-19 a few days back. The head constable, who was deployed in Kupwara of Jammu and Kashmir, had come to Noida on leave.

The Financial Express : Apr 25, 2020, 05:23 PM
New Delhi: As many as nine Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel deployed here have tested positive for COVID-19, CRPF sources said.

"Out of 47 CRPF personnel who were sent to the quarantine centre in Narela (Delhi), nine have tested positive for COVID-19. They have been sent to the isolation ward. All were deployed in Delhi," CRPF sources said.

A total of 23,452 confirmed cases have been reported in India while 4,814 people, who were COVID-19 positive, have recovered or migrated, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday.

There are 17,915 active cases of COVID-19 in the country as of now, while 723 people have lost their lives due to coronavirus.