COVID-19: 222 Maharashtra Police personnel test positive in last 48 hrs, tally at 5935

As many as 222 personnel of Maharashtra Police tested positive for COVID-19 in last 48 hours, taking total number of confirmed cases to 5,935,  department said on Friday. Three policemen succumbed to Coronavirus disease in same period, and death toll w stands at 74 (1.2%).

number of active cases in Maharashtra Police force currently stands at 1,146, of which 126 are officers. On or hand, 4,715 (79.4%) cops have recovered from highly infectious respiratory illness so far.

State Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Tuesday anunced that  government will recruit 10,000 youths in police force to strengn law and order in state and reduce stress on existing force. He also informed of government's decision to have Maharashtra's first-ever women battalion of 1,400 women personnel in Katol, Nagpur.

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Coronavirus outbreak

Maharashtra on Thursday reported 6,875 fresh cases of COVID-19, taking tally of confirmed cases to 2,30,599, informed state health department.  death toll rose to 9,667 after 219 patients succumbed to illness in last 24 hours. number of recovered patients jumped by 4,067 in same period to reach 1,27,259. As of July 9, re are 93,652 active cases in Maharashtra.

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