Over 6,700 personnel of the Central paramilitary forces, like CRPF and BSF, have contracted Covid-19 till so far. Of them 3,093 are still active cases while 36 patients have died.
The CRPF tops the list with 2,290 cases out of which 1,117 are active. As many as 1,160 patients have recovered and 13 died.
Closely following the CRPF, the Border Security Force (BSF) has recorded 2,093 cases out of which 1,024 are active and 1,060 patients have been cured.
The force has suffered nine casualties due to Covid-19.
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) that secures vital installations airports, seaports and land ports besides other Government buildings and transport infrastructure has reported 1,306 coronavirus cases. Of the 1,306 cases, 417 are active and 880 have recovered and nine personnel have succumbed to the deadly viral infection.
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), the lead agency for the Line of Actual Control with China, has reported 707 cases of infection including 356 active cases and 348 cured patients besides three casualties.
The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), the designated border guarding force for the frontiers with Nepal and Bhutan has also reported 329 cases of Covid-19 with 179 active cases and 148 recovered besides at least two casualties. The number of coronavirus infection cases in the SSB ranks has doubled in the last 10 days and the number of active cases has spiralled up six fold during the period.
The paramilitary forces have added 2,000 new cases of Covid-19 during the last 10 days and the number of active patients jumped from about 2,000 to 3,000.
The ITBP was the first paramilitary to set up a quarantine centre here to isolate evacuees from Wuhan China in February and beyond. The ITBP is also managing the biggest Covid care centre in the country with 10,000 beds at Chattarpur here.