The Central paramilitary forces have clocked nearly 3,700 Covid-19 cases, till Monday, in the second wave with the BSF registering 1,864 cases, followed by 837 cases in CISF and close to 650 cases in CRPF. In all, the CAPFs have recorded 215 deaths since the beginning of the disease in early 2020.
Likewise, the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has recorded 186 cases followed by 125 cases in Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), 28 cases in National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and 14 cases National Security Guards (NSG).
While the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has reported 15,791 cases, the Border Security Force (BSF) has recorded 15,278 cases and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has registered 11,682 cases till now. The SSB has reported a total of 5,758 cases and the ITBP has recorded 4,767 cases till so far. The NDRF has recorded 664 cases and the NSG had 358 cases in its ranks.
During the 24-hour period as on Monday, a total of 401 persons were confirmed to be positive for corona virus, including 179 cases in the CRPF, 68 in BSF, 113 in CISF, 26 in SSB and 14 in ITBP.
The CRPF has reported 87 deaths due Covid-19, including 10 casualties this year. The BSF has suffered 51 casualties due to the pandemic till so far including six this year. The CISF suffered loss of lives of 49 personnel, including one in March and four in April this year.
The SSB, ITBP, NDRF and has not suffered any deaths due to Covid this year.
Out of a total of 58,211 infections in these forces, as many as 54,298 patients have recovered from the disease and 3,698 patients continue to be active.