25 BSF personnel test positive for COVID-19, total cases 42

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New Delhi: The number of coronavirus COVID-19 cases shot up in Border Security Force (BSF) on Sunday (May 3) after 25 more personnel tested positive for the disease, taking the tally in the force to 42. A total of 40 BSF troopers deployed in Delhi have so far declared COVID-19 infected. This takes the number of affected BSF personnel across the country to 42.

At least 80 BSF personnel undergo the COVID-19 test and the report that came today showed 25 of them being infected with the disease. 

The 25 troopers belong to a company, comprising 94 personnel, of the BSF`s 126 Battalion deployed with the Delhi Police in Jama Masjid area. Six other personnel out of nine were found COVID-19 positive on May 2.

Of the 94 personnel, reports of 89 have come, resulting in a total of 31 being found COVID-19 positive so far. The test report of five personnel is still awaited. All these 31 personnel have now moved to an isolation facility at the CAPF (Central Armed Police Forces) Referral Hospital located in Greater Noida.

Besides the 31 BSF personnel of 126 Battalion, one trooper from the 178 Battalion was also found positive on May 2. He was one of the personnel deputed with the Delhi Police personnel in Jama Masjid and Chandni Mahal area.

Eight more personnel of the BSF at the force`s hospital in R.K. Puram have tested positive earlier. These include two BSF jawans who are suffering from cancer and their attendants.

Two more BSF personnel were found positive in Tripura. One of them was admitted to a local hospital at Dhalai district while the other is his attendant.