Two judges test positive for COVID-19 in Kolkata

In first such instance in West Bengal two judges of a city court have tested positive for COVID-19 following which people who had come in contact with m have been advised to proceed on home quarantine, state health department sources said Saturday.

two affected are judges of district civil and sessions court in Alipore and are being treated at private medical establishments here, an official of health department said.

Those who came in contact with two judges were also asked to go for medical tests to confirm wher re is any confirmation or t.

re are 4025 active cases of contagion in West Bengal so far while number of confirmed cases is 7,303.

At least 294 people have succumbed to disease while 72 ors have died due to co-morbidities where COVID-19 was incidental, officials said.

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