570 cops test positive in 4 days

LUCKNOW : With at least 570 cops testing positive in the last four days, the total count of active cases in the state police force crossed the 1000 mark on Tuesday, said senior police officials at the DGP headquarters. Moreover, the Covid-19 infection claimed the lives of at least five police personnel during the same period, they added. A senior police official said the active cases in police force were merely 461 on April 16 which has increased to over double in four days as 1,008 active cases were reported on Tuesday. He said the maximum rise in cases was reported from district police units with 730 active cases at present. official said the active cases figures, included 159 from other units, 50 from Government Railway Police (GRP), 47 from Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC), 11 from the DGP headquarters and nine from police training centres and two cases from home guards’ wing.

Sharing details of death toll, the official said that maximum numbers of 73 deaths were reported from district units, six from PAC, three from other units, two each from DGP headquarters and home guards’ wings and one from a police training centre.