New Delhi: The number of COVID-19 personnel in a Delhi-based battalion of the Central Reserve Police Force, the country's largest paramilitary, has risen to 122, officials said on Saturday.
The men belong to the 31st battalion of the paramilitary, based in Mayur Vihar Phase-III area of the national capital, that has been entirely sealed after the huge numbers of the COVID-19 infection started building up over the last few days. "A total of 122 troopers of this battalion have tested positive for the virus.
Results for over 100 more are awaited," a senior official said. The brighter side is that the maximum of these infected troopers are asymptomatic, he said.