In what could be an indicator of the improving Covid infection scenario in the Central paramilitary ranks, the number of active cases in the Forces has spiraled down, during the last six weeks, from a high of 5,973 cases on May 28 to just 724 as on July 9, which is a drop of about 88 per cent.
Till now, the paramilitary forces have recorded 84,245 cases of Covid-19 of which 83,190 patients have recovered from the disease and 331 personnel have succumbed to the viral infection.
The daily case count has also dropped from 283 to 76 in the paramilitary forces covering the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the National Security Guards (NSG).
As on Friday, the total number of Covid-19 infected personnel in these Forces stood at 84,245 including 76 new cases of infection during the 24-hour period. Of this, 83, 190 personnel have recovered from the disease and 724 men continue to be active cases. The total deaths due to Covid-19 till so far is 331.
On May 28, the combined total infection cases in the paramilitary forces was reported to be 79,861 cases including 283 cases during the 24-hour period as on the date of the data collation. Of these, 73,928 patients had recovered, 314 infected personnel died due to the disease and 5,973 patients continued to be active till that date.
During the six-week period, the total number of paramilitary personnel infected with the novel coronavirus increased from 79,861 to 84,245 cases, adding just 4,384 cases during the period, which is a jump of a little over five per cent.
Likewise, the recoveries recorded a marked improvement from 73,928 to 83,190, adding a tally of 9,262 patients beating the virus during the period, which is an improvement of nearly 13 per cent.
The deaths during the period increased from 314 to 331, adding only 17 casualties in the last six weeks, which is an addition of a little over five per cent casualties across the unformed forces.