1,328 Maharashtra police test COVID-19 positive

Mumbai: At least 55 more personnel of the Maharashtra Police have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, and with that the total number of coronavirus affected policemen in the state has reached 1,328 on Tuesday, said the Maharashtra Police.

The total number of positive cases include 136 police officers and 1,192 police personnel.

So far, 12 policemen have succumbed to the infection in the state while 324 COVID-19 patients have been cured and discharged from hospitals.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra has reported 35,058 confirmed COVID-19 cases which include 8,437 cured or discharged and 1,249 deaths.

Hundreds of migrant labourers gathered on an approach road to Bandra Terminus here before the departure of a Shramik Special train, leading to chaos in the area for some time.

The crowd was later dispersed by police, a Western Railway official said.

In the first case of relapse of Covid-19 infection in Kerala, a nine-month pregnant nurse, who returned from Kuwait recently after recovering from the disease, has tested positive once again here.

Meanwhile a 'Shramik' special train from Tirur (Kerala) to Jaipur (Rajasthan) route derailed at Padil, Mangaluru today.

While no injuries were reported, the train resumed its journey after the derailed engine was replaced. However, track restoration work underway, reports ANI.