Fifty-three more BSF personnel tests positive for COVID-19

Fifty-three more Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have tested positive for COVID-19, taking the overall infections in the largest border guarding force to over 1,000, officials said on Tuesday.

As per latest data, out of the total 1,018 coronavirus cases in the force, 659 personnel have recovered and 354 are under



treatment.

There have been five deaths from the disease in the force, including the death of a personnel who was killed in a road accident whose COVID-19 positive report came later.

In the last 24 hours, 53 fresh cases have been reported in the force apart from four recoveries, the official said.

Of the 53, twenty-nine were reported from Odisha.