With more and more personnel from the police department contracting the viral infection, a dedicated COVID-19 hospital has been started for them in Nagpur. Around 10 per cent of police personnel from Nagpur have contracted the virus and 14 of them have succumbed to the infection.

The dedicated Covid-19 hospital for police personnel is equipped with ICU and other necessary types of equipment. Nagpur police commissioner Amitesh Kumar said that the hospital will boost the morale of the police force as it will provide them with good treatment. Meanwhile, according to an official, six more policemen from the Maharashtra Police force have succumbed to Covid-19 between 19th and 21st of this month, taking the toll to 223.

The latest information shared by the police stated 159 policemen contracted the virus in the past 24 hours, taking the state police’s case tally to 21,311. Of these, 3,655 are active cases. The state police force reported the maximum Covid fatality in September at 66, taking the toll to 223. In August 54 police personnel lost their lives, in July 43, in June 33, in May 23 and in April 3 cops succumbed to the disease.

Meanwhile, Gujarat reported a record 1,430 new cases of COVID-19 during the last 24 hours. The total number of cases in the state have gone up to 1,24,767.

It was reported that, with the recovery of 1,316 patients yesterday, the recovery rate has further improved and reached upto 84.23 per cent. Total one lakh five thousand 91 patients have recovered in the state till now. More than 38,62,000  tests have been carried out in the state till date, out of which 61,897 tests were carried out yesterday.

Maximum 290 new cases reported from Surat. At present, total active cases in the state are 16,337, out of which 89 patients are on ventilator. Seventeen patients died yesterday taking the total deaths due to COVID-19 upto 3,339. Meanwhile, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has added 14 new areas in the micro-containment zone, while clearing 20 areas from the list.