The Central paramilitary forces have clocked over 9,700 Covid-19 cases with 4,300 of them being active ones even as the test reports of about 600 personnel are awaited. As many as 41 personnel have so far succumbed to the infection.
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has breached the 3,000-mark in terms of number of infected personnel and tops the list with 3,241 personnel testing positive for the novel Coronavirus infection till now. Of this, as many as 220 cases of infection were reported during the last 24 hours. Currently, there are 1,583 active cases and 1,643 patients have recovered and 15 have died due to the pandemic.
The Border Security Force (BSF) is just short of 49 cases in touching the 3,000 mark in terms of Covid-19 infection with a total of 2,941 personnel being infected by the viral diseases. Out of 2,941 positive cases reported so far in the BSF ranks, 1,512 are active and 1,429 have recovered besides 10 casualties including patients with comorbidities and a road accident victim who later tested positive for the viral disease.
Likewise, the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has a total case count of 1,524 including 413 active cases and 1,101 recovered patients besides 10 casualties.
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has reported 1,038 Covid-19 positive cases till so far of which 606 continue to be active cases and 429 have recovered and three have died.
The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has reported 474 cases of Covid-19 infection in its ranks of which 257 are active cases and 214 have recovered. The Force has reported three casualties due to the viral disease.
The National Security Guards has reported 91 cases of Covid-19 infection of which only seven are active and 84 patients have recovered. The Force has not reported a single casualty due to the disease.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has reported 384 Covid-19 cases in its ranks of which 80 are active and 304 patients have recovered. Like the NSG, NDRF too has not reported any loss of life due to the pandemic.
As many as 9,703 cases of Covid-19 have been reported across the seven Forces till now of which 4,458 continue to be active and 5,204 have recovered from the disease.
Covid-19 test reports of suspected cases of infection of 596 personnel are awaited as on date.
During the last 24 hours, 495 cases of infection have been reported across the Forces with the CRPF alone reporting 220 new cases during the period. The BSF and ITBP reported 62 and 61 new cases respectively during the last 24 hours followed by 25 cases in CISF and 15 cases in SSB. The NSG reported one new case and the NDRF tested six positive cases during the period.