Covid-19 active cases swelled over 58 times in the last three weeks in the paramilitary ranks, from just 148 cases on December 28 to 8,671 cases as on Monday. During the period, two deaths were recorded, taking the toll due to Covid-19 to 350 in the forces’ ranks.
The combined tally of Covid-19 cases in the paramilitary ranks has crossed the one lakh mark with a tally of 1,00,210 cases.
The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) topped the list with 2,764 active Covid-19 cases followed by 2,747 cases in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and 1,330 cases in the Border Security Force (BSF).
The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has 1,018 active cases followed by 586 cases in Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), 149 cases in National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and 77 cases in National Security Guard (NSG).
These six forces recorded 731 cases of Covid-19 during the last 24 hours. The CISF recorded 240 cases of coronavirus infection during the last 24 hours followed by 239 cases in the CRPF and 117 cases in the SSB ranks during the period.
The ITBP contracted 90 cases during the last 24 hours followed by 28 cases in the BSF, 10 cases in NDRF and seven cases in NSG. The CRPF and ITBP lost one personnel each due to Covid-19 during the last three weeks.
The CRPF tops the list of Covid-related casualties with 133 deaths till now followed by 90 fatalities in BSF and 83 loss of lives in CISF. While the SSB lost 23 personnel due to Covid-19, the ITBP suffered 18 casualties followed by two deaths in NDRF and one casualty in NSG.
Out of the 1,00,210 cases of Covid-19 cases, 91,189 patients have recovered, 350 patients have died due to the disease and 8,671 patients continue to be active.
During the last three weeks, the combined daily case count stood at about 413 cases of Covid-19 infection.