The Delhi-based Army Hospital was also hit by the coronavirus, with 24 positive cases reported

New Delhi, 5 May 2020 Tuesday

An investigation at the Army's Research and Referral Hospital in the capital, New Delhi, has found 24 people infected with the corona virus, officials said on Tuesday.

All of them have been shifted to the Army Base Hospital at Delhi Camp, officials said, adding that the 24 persons included on-duty and retired soldiers and their families.

On the other hand, the number of Kovid-19 infected personnel in a Delhi-based battalion of the country's largest paramilitary force (CRPF) in Delhi has risen to 135, officials said on Saturday.

The convoy belongs to the 31st Battalion of the paramilitary forces based in the Mayur Vihar Phase-3 area of ​​the capital, Delhi.