By Maharashtra Police recorded 1,860 new cases of Covid-19 infection in the past one week and a dozen personnel succumbed to the disease during the period. Pune, Mumbai, Nagpur and Wardha districts witnessed maximum cases. Senior police officers, however, said the infection in police department was under control.
As per the latest report, in the past 24 hours, 254 new cases were reported which included 41 officers and 213 constables. On an average, 229 new cases of infection were reported daily in the state police force in the past seven days, the police said.
“Compared to the November-February period, cases of police personnel getting infected daily in March and April have gone up. But due to vaccination, the number of serious patients is very low,” said a senior police officer from Mumbai Police.
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