The CRPF has reported 16 more cases of Covid-19, taking the total number of positive cases in the paramilitary ranks to 28 till so far.
The 15 new corona positive cases were identified from 31 Battalion that had earlier reported 10 positive cases for corona virus. The 31 Battalion is deployed here and 47 personnel were sent to the CRPF quarantine centre at Narela after a nursing assistant of the battalion had tested positive for the disease.
Besides the 15 new cases, one case was reported from another battalion deployed in the national capital.
The 15 were tested positive for the disease after samples of 24 men were investigated on Friday and the reports came the next day. Earlier, out of 11 investigated for Covid-19, nine were reported positive.
The 16 new cases include a private person (plumber) and 14 personnel of 31 Battalion comprising one Assistant Sub Inspector, four Head Constables and nine constables.
Meanwhile, the DG Staff Camp Hospital, RK Puram here has been closed temporarily due to contact of the doctor and paramedical staff with a patient who subsequently turned out to be Covid-19 positive. The medical and paramedical staff has been quarantined at the facility in Narela. As a result of unavailability of medical and paramedical staff at the camp hospital, the hospital has been closed. The patients have been advised to visit Detachment Hospital in the locality till the Camp Hospital is closed as part of proactive measures initiated by the paramilitary to check the spread of Covid-19, officials said.
The CRPF has also been deployed across the country in Covid-19 relief operations and also to check the spread of the pandemic in certain areas including the national capital.
With strength of 3.25 lakh, the CRPF is the biggest paramilitary in the world and is the lead agency for operations against Naxals in affected States, terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir besides the insurgents in the Northeast.