The ITBP on Thursday recorded 12 new Covid-19 cases even as a similar number of patients recovered from the pandemic. The BSF posted 10 new cases and 21 recoveries during the last 24 hour. Seven cases of coronavirus infection have been reported in CRPF and three in SSB. The CISF did not register any positive case in the last 24 hours.
The number of infected personnel in the paramilitary ranks reached nearly 850 and six personnel have lost their lives to Covid-19.
Out of the 158 corona virus hit men, as many as 24 infected ITBP personnel are admitted at AIIMS, Jhajjar, Haryana followed by one at LNJP Hospital, New Delhi and 129 at CAPF Referral Hospital, Greater Noida.
Besides the ITBP personnel, 28 BSF men, five from the CRPF and one from the NSG besides a civilian are lodged at the CAPF Referral Hospital. Four family members of the ITBP are also admitted at the referral hospital.
A total of 13 ITBP personnel have recovered from the disease.
All ITBP infected men are from the national capital.
In the BSF, eight personnel from Delhi and one each from Kolkata and Tripura have tested positive for Covid-19.
All of them are under treatment in Designated COVID19 Health Care hospitals.
"Since yesterday, 21 BSF personnel (Tripura- 14, Kolkata-6, Delhi- 1 who had ) earlier tested COVID-19 positive have been discharged from hospitals after being tested negative. They have been put under quarantine as per the protocol," a BSF spokesperson said.
These 21 are in addition to earlier three (Tekanpur-2 and Delhi-1) cured cases. All six BSF personnel discharged from Kolkata were part of an escort team of IMCT in Kolkata, the spokesperson added.
Likewise, in the CRPF seven new cases have been reported, taking the tally of infecte personnel to 254 out of which five have recovered and one had died due to the infection. Presently, there are 248 active cases in CRPF.
The SSB has a tally of 21 infected personnel out of which one has recovered till so far.